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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Tims

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

A man runs into the Cabinet Office on Whitehall
The Cabinet Office says it has a duty to recover public money paid out in error, including civil service pensions. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Corbis/Getty

A 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.

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