Blog: Are petitions the new pensions?

I know I was waiting for this to happen, but as they say ‘ be careful what you wish for’. Even the hot topics of Alternatively Secured Pensions (ASP) and the government’s refusal to pay compensation to workers who lost their pensions when their companies went bust, seem to have died down. I’ve even been reduced to monitoring the progress of the Treasury’s appeal against the Information Commissioner’s ruling ordering it to reveal the reasoning behind its decision to remove tax relief on dividends on pensions. Since the appeal was lodged on 6 July, the Information Tribunal has decided the...