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You’re Being Recorded
PBAs, like their Mortgage and Protection Adviser colleagues, are now recording all their interviews with customers. Line managers can review those recordings 45 minutes after the interview has been completed. Now, the Bank will argue that recording interviews protects...
The Methods of Equalisation
How to achieve pension equality, if that is what is required, is the most complex question raised in the proceedings and the one that’s taken up much of the Court’s time The actuaries and lawyers have identified four possible methods, three of which have possible...
GMP & The Government
The case is going as we expected and there have been no surprises. Many members have asked why the Department of Work and Pension (DWP) and HM Treasury (HMT) are involved in the case. The Government applied, very late in the day, to intervene in the proceedings. They...
Letter To Rt Hon Nicky Morgan Regarding Lloyds Banking Group & The Reading Fraud
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Lloyds heads to court over GMP issue – Professional Pensions
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Lloyds begins defence in GMP equalisation High Court case – Pensions Age
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Lloyds to Face $669 Million Lawsuit Over Gender Gap in Pensions – Bloomberg
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GMP Court Case – Press Release
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The Reading Scandal
It reads like a John Grisham novel! An internal Lloyds Banking Group report called “ Project Lord Turnbull Report” was published on Tuesday and alleges serious misconduct by the Bank over the handling and disclosure of fraud on an industrial scale at the HBOS Reading...
HBOS Reading Fraud Report Released
A report on the fraud that took place HBOS’ Reading branch, put together in 2013 by Sally Masterson a whistle-blower who worked for Lloyds, has been published. Last week, MP Kevin Hollinrake urged António Horta-Osório to publish the report on the basis that it was a:...
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