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Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

More tax changes could 'destroy' faith in pensions - Punter Southall Further changes to the tax relief available on pensions - as has been predicted ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement this week - may destroy public faith in saving for retirement, according to financial services consultants Punter Southall. Some forecasters believe the Treasury is considering further cuts to the annual allowance, which has already been reduced from £255,000 to £50,000, in a bid to save money. Last December, the government published an estimate that a cut in this limit to £40,000 would save th...

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