Keeping pensions tax support is an unsung win for savers

Nigel Peaple says the impact of keeping tax relief intact cannot be understated

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Nigel Peaple is director of policy and advocacy at the PLSA
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Nigel Peaple is director of policy and advocacy at the PLSA

Helped in no small part by the UK economy performing better than expected, the pensions industry breathed a collective sigh of relief after the Budget at what might have been.

It was widely rumoured that the Treasury, with an eye on repairing public finances in the wake of stimulus measures introduced to combat a once in a century public health crisis, had been weighing ...

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