Phoenix Life backs down in advice before cash row

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Phoenix Life has backed down from demanding a saver get financial advice before it would release his £13,300 pension pot.

The pension group had said Fred Ford must provide proof he had consulted a financial adviser about his decision to withdraw all of his pension, which came with the benefit of a guaranteed annuity r...

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