UK general election 2024: pledges relevant to infrastructure businesses

Ambitious plans to reform the planning system, scale up the delivery of new homes, and enable investment in the modern ‘green’ infrastructure the UK needs to decarbonise, run through the election manifestos published by the main UK political parties, in what is universal recognition that good quality infrastructure is the bedrock of any thriving economy.

Pension buy-outs: making the decision to fully buy-in

Trustees and sponsoring employers of defined benefit (DB) schemes are increasingly looking to fully buy-in their scheme to reduce risk. This is commonly a first step on the path to buy-out of benefits and an eventual winding-up of the scheme, when the scheme is brought to an end and the trustee discharged of any further liability for providing benefits to members.