Government reintroduces pension schemes bill in Queen's Speech

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The government will reintroduce the pension schemes bill as part of an “ambitious programme of domestic reform”, the Queen’s Speech confirmed today.

The government's priorities for the year ahead were set out by the Queen in the state opening of parliament, a week after the Conservatives secured a majority in the general election. It comes just nine weeks after the last Queen's Speech which confirmed the bill was set to be laid out in parliament "in the coming weeks", yet it faced a delay amid the uncertainty surrounding the general election. Although the Queen did not directly refer to the bill in her speech, the official policy paper confirmed that the measures will be brought forward, though it did not specify when. The docu...

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