06-12-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com

Retired UK civil servant ordered to pay back £25,000 after pension scheme error

Eleven years of overpayments leave 63-year-old facing hardship and return to full-time workA retired civil servant faces being forced back into full-time work after being ordered to return £25,000 in overpaid pension benefits.Derek Ritchie, 63, was informed in March by scheme administrators that his payments had been miscalculated since 2014. Continue reading...
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