Quick poll: What do you make of the McFall report?

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Retirement Planner's quick-fire poll this week asks: Do you believe in Lord McFall's assertion that charging structures on pension schemes are unreasonably high and "too opaque", rendering saving ineffective?

Click HERE to have your say... Last week's poll result: We asked if you thought products linking ISAs and pensions are a good idea? More than half of you (51%) thought the products were a good idea. However, a sizeable minority (43%) did not. The remaining 6% said they didn't know.

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