Tom Selby: Will Treasury take nuclear option on pension tax relief?

We do not even know when the Budget is going to be held yet the Treasury has already fired the starting gun on speculation about the future of pension tax relief. If you blinked - or do not subscribe to The Sunday Times - you might have missed the article in question, penned by political editor Tim Shipman at the end of July. "Philip Hammond is eyeing taxes on fuel, homes, pensions, incomes and business as he tries to use November's Budget to plug a multi-billion pound hole in public finances," Shipman wrote. "The Chancellor [has] ordered a line-by-line examination of public spending to ...