Webb: Budget changes will fuel appetite for independent workplace advice

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The guidance guarantee will fuel demand for independent workplace advice, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

Speaking at the inaugural Retirement Planner Forum and Awards 2014, held in London this morning , Webb said the guidance guarantee would only get people to the starting line ¬- giving them only a b...

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