Tories pledge pensions tax relief cut; IFS warns of 'chaos'

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Prime minister David Cameron has pledged to restrict pensions tax relief for high earners if the Conservatives win the general election.

But the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that moves by any of the main political parties to cut pensions tax relief risked "rushing towards something like chaos". Under the plans an...

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