With the general election tipped for next month, Simon Falush, Investment Week pension correspondent...
With the general election tipped for next month, Simon Falush, Investment Week pension correspondent, begins a series of interviews with the pensions spokesmen for the three major parties in the UK. This week Jacqui Lait, the Conservative shadow minister for pensions, outlines her party's thinking on stakeholder, annuities, regulation and the role of independent financial advice. How successful do you think stakeholder has been? We certainly won't get rid of stakeholder. It has had a beneficial effect in terms of charges. But for people earning under £20,000 with a family, it will be ex...
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