Comment: Will Brits follow the Aussies in blowing retirement cash?

50% of Aussies spend pension cash by age 70. Will we follow?

Jonathan Stapleton
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Jonathan Stapleton says half of all Australians blow their retirement pots by the age of 70 and asks if this is a sign of things to come in the UK.

"Individuals who have worked hard and saved responsibly throughout their adult life should be trusted to make their own decisions with their pension savings." Such were chancellor George Osborne...

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