Pensions review mustn't just 'tinker' with regulation

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The Government's deregulatory review of pensions must deliver "meaningful reform" rather than "simply tinker around at the edges", says Joanne Segars.

Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds’ (NAPF) annual conference, Segars, the chief executive, outlined three key pension challenges for Gordon Brown as he prepares to take over as Prime Minister. She says the costs of providing pensions has almost doubled, which is due in large part to increasing regulation, so a key priority for the government is to tackle cost by tackling regulation. Segars adds: “The Government has to get to grips with its ‘back catalogue’ of regulations. The Deregulatory Review must not simply tinker around at the edges or it will have failed. Instea...

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