Updated from ABI Mental Health conference: Penny Mordaunt MP welcomes industry protection statements

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Penny Mordaunt MP has welcomed the development of a prototype workplace protection statement to support individuals to take action on their protection needs.

Speaking at the Association of British Insurers (ABI)'s Mental Health conference in London last week, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, discussed the next steps the government would take after the publication of the Green Paper, Improving Lives, last year. She said: "We very much welcome the ABI's approach in working alongside the Learning and Work Institute and policy in practice, to develop a prototype protection statement, which is designed to help people make an informed choice, whether about putting or not to put their own financial protection in place." ...

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