A Covid-19 tax relief raid could exacerbate generational pensions divide

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With rumours once again swirling around the future of pensions tax relief in the run up to this year's Budget, any reduced incentive for long-term savers could risk further exacerbating the generational divide in pensions, says Tom Selby

One of these days I'm going to run a sweepstake for when the annual ‘higher-rate pension tax relief is about to be axed' rumour first gets aired. This year, if you'd backed the last weekend of Augu...

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