THE government has announced changes which will allow people to take very small benefits from occupational pension schemes as a lump sum.
In his first budget, chancellor Alistair Darling said the new rules would look at one scheme in isolation and allow benefits to be paid as a lump sum where the value is below £2000 – allowing peopl...
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