The new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pension Scams has had its inaugural meeting in parliament to outline its priorities for boosting public awareness around scam risks.
The meeting yesterday (16 March) saw former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann and Conservative peer Baroness Patience Wheatcroft join with other taskforce supporters including MPs and members of the public who have been victims of pension fraud. Transparency Task Force founder Andy Agathangelou outlined the APPG's purpose as "to be a forum through which parliamentarians and other stakeholders can work together to better protect the public from the perils of pension scams and secondary scammers; give scam victims a representative collective voice; signpost victims to support; and fac...
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