Taxing times for pensions - papers 11 October

The so-called Turner report is tipped to state the pensions gap has grown to somewhere about £50bn, but Brown is stating there is no way this gap could be easily bridged by increasing taxes, the paper writes. Tony Blair is expected to underline the message through a speech later today, which will stress the burden of ensuring people become “active citizens” rather than wait for help from the welfare state, The Times adds. DIGBY JONES IS ANOTHER person expected to make statements ahead of the Turner report, by pointing the finger at Gordon Brown’s tax raid on pensions funds by abolishi...