Webb: 'Pensions for mortgages' workable by Easter

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Controversial plans for a ‘pensions for mortgages' scheme could be in place by Easter, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

First mooted by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg over the weekend, the plans, under which parents could use a portion of their pension savings to help their children get on the property ladder, hav...

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