Early access would risk auto-enrolment reforms

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Pushing ahead with early access proposals would have risked greater dependency on the state pension and left schemes and providers in a "bureaucratic tangle", the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Last week, the Treasury jettisoned plans to allow under-55s access to pension savings after concluding it would undermine the principal of pension saving following a consultation (PP Online, 19 Apr...

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