Comment: Are you listening, Mr Chancellor?

Will George Osborne will listen to the industry, asks Jenna Towler

Jenna Towler
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Michael Johnson's idea to scrap higher-rate tax relief and reinstate the 10p rebate on pension funds' dividend payments attracted much attention on PP's website.

He put the suggestion forward ahead of the looming Budget due to be delivered by Chancellor George Osborne on 21 March. It forms part of a paper, written by Johnson for the Centre for Policy Stu...

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