Pensions consultation must help more workers access good quality workplace schemes, says TUC
“It’s encouraging that the green paper concludes that defined benefit pension schemes are affordable.
“We now need to make sure that reforms deliver greater security in retirement for working people.”
20 February 2017
Responding to the publication today (Monday) of the government’s green paper on defined benefit pensions, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“Working people need pension reforms that will improve their living standards in retirement. That means keeping good workplace schemes open and improving the quality of others.
“It’s encouraging that the green paper concludes that defined benefit pension schemes are affordable.
“We now need to make sure that reforms deliver greater security in retirement for working people, and not just higher returns for shareholders.”
ENDS
Notes to Editors:
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