Strong chance 'nightmare' IHT pension reforms will 'simply not work'

Baroness Ros Altmann says the policy is ‘fraught with dangers’

Holly Roach
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Ros Altmann

“Nightmare” reforms to pensions and inheritance tax (IHT) risk not working in practice, former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann warns.

Speaking yesterday (29 June) at an Irwin Mitchell event, Altmann said the reforms – due to take effect in April 2027 – could have far reaching consequences for the wider pensions system and estate ...

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