Should salary sacrifice be extended to lower-paid workers?

Kim Kaveh
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There have been calls to extend salary exchange rules to lower-paid earners. However, Kim Kaveh finds it would be very complicated and could cause problems for members

In his £1bn Autumn Statement raid in November 2016, Chancellor Phillip Hammond restricted many salary sacrifice benefits, which took effect from 5 April this year. Despite speculation for some t...

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