The Budget has increased the lifetime allowance by £50,000 to £1.65m and lifted the annual scheme allowance by £10,000 to £235,000.
Chancellor Alastair Darling scrapped the 10pc starting rate of tax for pensions and earned income; reduced the basic rate of income tax by two percentage points to 20pc; and increased the ceiling f...
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