When he was pensions minister, Opperman said Aviva gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee which indicated there were 55 separate fake Aviva sites advertising on Google for financial services.
“Constituents, particularly the elderly and the vulnerable, were being misled by those people and were signing away significant proportions of money,” he said.
Opperman was appointed minister of state at the Department for Work and Pensions, a little over a month after being let go as pensions minister.
In a tweet last night (October 27), Opperman said he was “delighted” to have been appointed by prime minister Rishi Sunak, and is looking forward to working with Mel Stride, the new secretary of state for work and pensions.
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