Meddle of voices respond to Sandler

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It was never going to please everybody, which means Sandler's review today has caused a considerable...

It was never going to please everybody, which means Sandler's review today has caused a considerable amount of commentary on his proposals for shaking up the UK savings market. While there is a generous amount of praise of the work put in, there is also a certain amount of criticism, particularly relating to the issue of pensions simplification, which was never Sandler's core brief in any case. Hargreaves Lansdown, for example, says that the idea put forward that low income earners should not invest in pensions products contradicts the calls for compulsion that are likely to com...

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