Nuclear option: Why pension tax relief must remain untouched

ISA-style pensions 'spell disaster'

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Adrian Boulding is resolute in his commitment to the current pension tax relief system. George Osborne, he writes, could be about to make a big mistake...

The government is in the midst of consultation on changing the current pensions tax relief regime to cut the amount it ‘gives away' each year. HM Treasury published its consultation paper entitl...

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