Cut 'expensive and regressive' pension tax relief - think tank

Jenna Towler
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Tax relief on retirement savings should be cut and pensioners should have to pay National Insurance contributions, according to a think tank.

Reform said pension tax relief is an "expensive" and "poorly targeted" policy which could be reformed to help balance the country's budget. Its paper, Mind the (fiscal) gap, said the Pensions Po...

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