Comment: Small pot in search of a plot

Jenna Towler on Webb's small pots plan

Jenna Towler
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Official consultations sometimes look like the decision has already been made and the actual process of garnering industry option is just something that has to be done, a box ticking exercise if you like.

But the problem of small pension pots and what to do with them is one occasion where the government readily admits it needs industry help. Pensions minister Steve Webb joked this week: "It is on...

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