Culling scheme tax relief could bump up state pension by 60% - Johnson

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Michael Johnson has reignited calls for limiting pensions tax relief, saying the annual £29bn saved by the Treasury from tax relief could increase the state pension by 60%.

Speaking at the Friends Life Global Forum on Wednesday, Johnson - a research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies - described the £29bn acquired from pensions tax relief as the "juiciest, lowest...

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