Treasury to net £700m in pensions freedom tax windfall
The Treasury will net an extra £700m in tax this year as a result of the pensions freedom and choice reforms, Hargreaves Lansdown has projected.
Its analysis, for BBC News, said while the government estimated it would take in £320m in 2015-2016 from pensions freedom the figure would end up being about £700m over the year. Pensions freedom, introduced...
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