Keith Churchouse: Will pensions remain such a comfy place to stay?

The different meaning of pension

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We started this tax year in a pandemic, we end in one. But will this be the last full year of pensions tax relief as we know it? Keith Churchouse discusses potential changes ahead of this year's Budget

I was undertaking some research for a local cause recently and noted an aged picture of a hotel that had ‘Pension' in bold, painted letters across the façade. Now I know that we like to promote our good works to the public as best we can, but surely this was going too far? I am sure such advertising would not have met compliance regulations anyway, and if it had ignored these, I wouldn't have dared look at the establishment's social media posts. I could relax, however, because it was a hotel extolling its humble virtues, and I looked up the meaning on Wikipedia: A pension is a type of...

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