Treasury committee calls for 'fundamental reform' of pensions tax relief

Tax relief on pension contributions is not an effective way of incentivising saving and the government may wish to consider fundamental reform, the Treasury Committee says.
In a report unveiled today - Household finances: income, saving and debt - the committee said tax relief was neither an effective or well-targeted way of encouraging people to save into pensions. It...
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