Was Port Talbot the tipping point for pension freedoms?

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Henry Tapper says as the initial euphoria of 'never having to buy an annuity again' wears off, the prospect of freedoms becomes less appealing

Whether ‘sausage and chips' or ‘chicken in the basket', the ‘factory gating' that has gone on in South Wales has thrown up new icons for pension ‘freedoms', replacing the Lamborghini with a rather ...

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