Five things you might have missed

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In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Labour should reverse the pension freedoms announced in the Budget 2014 if it wins the general election in May, a leftist think-tank has said. The government should pay for the guidance guarantee's first year of operation instead of charging the industry through a levy, according to MGM Advantage. Wake-up packs for people approaching retirement should be scrapped in favour of a simple pensions passport to help make it easier to shop around, Hargreaves Lansdown has said. Pensions campaigner Ros Altmann is leading calls for a ban on automatic annuity purchases. The Budget pension ...

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