Comment: Why a pension cashpoint is not around the corner

Why attempts to ‘sex up’ pensions flexibilities are wrong and confusing

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Henry Tapper explains why George Osborne's attempts to ‘sex up' pensions flexibilities as a ‘Pensions Bank' are wrong and confusing.

I give 2 ½ cheers George's pension package, the "½" being for the complex misrepresented "death-tax" changes which are regressive, complicated and could easily have been dealt with using inheritanc...

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