Government urged to scrap tax relief and tax-free cash

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Tax relief on pension contributions should be replaced by a Treasury contribution of 50p per £1 saved, argues a radical report by Michael Johnson for the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).

The government contribution would be up to an annual allowance and would be paid irrespective of savers' taxpaying status, according to Johnson's report Incentivising retirement saving: the end of ...

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