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Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has called for the government to cut pensions tax relief to 26% for people earning more than £150,000 per year.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) must clarify the rules around how the annual allowance charge can be paid from pension funds, an expert has said.

Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the man convicted of murdering 13 women in the 1970s, is to argue in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that he has the right to a state pension.

The Pension Infrastructure Platform (PIP) will avoid construction risk and offer both debt and equity investment portions for UK investors, plan organisers say.

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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed to force self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers to adhere to the same disclosure standards regardless of the assets their schemes hold.

Chancellor George Osborne's plan to convince pension funds to invest £20bn into a government-backed infrastructure fund has serious "issues", Labour has said.

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The government is planning an overhaul of the way it grants tax relief on pensions which will cost the pension industry, employers and the government "hundreds of millions", an expert has warned.

The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) code of conduct marks an important milestone for annuity customers, according to pension experts.