UK - Documents released by the UK Treasury late last week show Gordon Brown had received prior warning from Treasury advisers of the devastating effect his 1997 removal of the tax credits for corporate pension funds would have.
The removal of the tax credits on dividends in 1997 was among Brown’s first major changes as chancellor and came at a time when many large corporate schemes still enjoyed a huge surplus in funding ...
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