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TUC news in brief: September 9, 2024
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PENSIONS: The TUC has agreed to demand ministers address loopholes allowing employers to withdraw or exclude staff from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

Congress backed the measures in a NASUWT motion, which condemned yesterday the United Learning Trust for encouraging staff to leave the scheme.

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