Friday Buzz: Dismay at NEST constraints

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This week respondents vent their anger over the government's refusal to drop restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) before 2017.

Two thirds of contributors said the Department for Work and Pensions was wrong to delay. Elsewhere, commentators questioned the Pensions Policy Institute's claims that a flat rate of tax relief ...

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