Editorial: time to grab the election headlines

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Now the election is under way, the financial services industry is jostling to get in on the act and try to keep its lobbying issues firmly in the middle of talk about voter needs.

This could prove very useful as this is the very time politicians tend to be prepared to at least face and publicly discuss subjects they would otherwise be able to skirt around. This is also largely because they are aware the press reports almost every word spoken and have to balance as much as possible any election coverage. And for once, pensions is actually an election issue as all three of the main parties realise they can no longer avoid the issue and have spent the past few years trying to persuade consumers to save for the future. It means the financial services market might a...

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