Retrospective actuarial confirmation of benefit changes
The Government will introduce legislation to deal with issues arising from the Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees judgment.
The Government is aware that following last year鈥檚 Court of Appeal judgment in聽Virgin Media Limited聽v聽NTL Pension Trustees Limited, there is increased uncertainty in the pensions industry. We recognise that schemes and sponsoring employers need clarity around scheme liabilities and member benefit levels in order to plan for the future.聽
The Government will therefore introduce legislation to give affected pension schemes the ability to retrospectively obtain written actuarial confirmation that historic benefit changes met the necessary standards.
Scheme obligations will otherwise be unaffected and the Government will continue to maintain its robust framework for the funding of defined benefit pension schemes in order to protect people鈥檚 hard-earned pensions.