Neil MacGillivray: Why I'm not interested in déjà vu Budget predictions

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Neil MacGillivray isn't one for pre-Budget speculation. Here he explores the current state of play with pension tax relief and explains why he hopes Rishi Sunak maintains the status quo...

I really do dislike the run up to the Budget. Budget day itself is fine. I'll even admit that I get an adrenalin rush once the actual details start to come through. When you have something tangible, that is the time to provide detailed analysis, rather than wasting time beforehand speculating on things that may never happen. All the supposition and expectation that you have to participate in, more often than not, ends up being a bit disheartening, particularly given that there is an element of déjà vu each time. The best example of this I can give is the ongoing threat of the removal ...

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