Savers to get extra £1bn in pension tax relief in 2016

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Consumers will save an extra £1bn in pension tax relief this year as more join workplace schemes, according to research from Prudential and unbiased.co.uk.

The TaxAction 2016 research shows that the amount of lost tax relief will reduce to £1.9bn this year as more people are paying into pension funds. Last year 8.7 million people did not make any p...

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