Five issues the under-secretary of pensions must tackle

A 'wish list' from the pension industry

Carmen Reichman
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MP for Watford Richard Harrington was made parliamentary under-secretary of state for pensions in July. Here are five areas the industry believes should be his priority over the coming months…

From auto-enrolment to the lifetime allowance, one thing is clear - the industry wants simplicity and no more rabbits pulled out of hats. A lot has happened in pensions over the past years, not least the radical overhaul of the legislative landscape under former Chancellor George Osborne, sandwiched between various attempts to tinker with the way pensions are taxed. Harrington (pictured) was appointed pensions under-secretary following the resignation in July of pensions minister Ros Altmann. Altmann said at the time she was "at heart a policy expert, rather than a politician" and had...

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