Updated
Updated · Helensburgh Advertiser · Jul 13
MP Raises 65-Year-Old Veteran's Unpaid Pension Case as Capita Faces £40 Million Cleanup
Updated
Updated · Helensburgh Advertiser · Jul 13

MP Raises 65-Year-Old Veteran's Unpaid Pension Case as Capita Faces £40 Million Cleanup

1 articles · Updated · Helensburgh Advertiser · Jul 13

Summary

  • Brendan O'Hara told Westminster that Jamie Dalgleish, 65, retired last year after 25 years in the submarine service and 23 in the MoD Police but still has not received his civil service pension.
  • Dalgleish has taken a minimum-wage job cleaning dog kennels for the MoD Police, which O'Hara cited as evidence of the financial hardship caused by stalled pension payments.
  • A government minister called the case "totally unacceptable" and said he would take it directly to Capita, which has administered the Civil Service Pension Scheme since December.
  • Capita said last week it could lose up to £40 million fixing the failures, apologised for poor service and said new processes, automation and technology are now in place to clear the backlog.

Insights

With warnings of failure beforehand, why were thousands of UK public servants abandoned in a pension crisis?
After a £40M pension failure, why was the same firm awarded a new £370M government contract?