Source · National Audit Office
State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme: The failure to inform the public of reduced pension rights for widows and widower
Published: 16 Mar 2000
Type: Value for Money
A 10 year failure to update pensions leaflets correctly has caused considerable distress to many thousands of people, and will cost the taxpayer at least £2.5 billion, and probably considerably more, according to two reports to Parliament published today. The two reports* – one by Sir John Bourn, the Comptroller and Auditor General, and the […]