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Pensions 'circus' as Treasury withdraws settlement advice
Anon
So as I read it, this effectively prevents any officer who wants to retire from doing so until legislation is enacted through Parliament. Surely this is illegal? I have a colleague who wants to retire in April and has been refused a final lump sum and annual pension figure by the pension administrator. The Federation need to grip this. It is an utter shambles.
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Anon
So as I read it, this effectively prevents any officer who wants to retire from doing so until legislation is enacted through Parliament. Surely this is illegal? I have a colleague who wants to retire in April and has been refused a final lump sum and annual pension figure by the pension administrator. The Federation need to grip this. It is an utter shambles.
