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Occupational pension membership at record high

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The Treasury is to give savers more freedom over how they take a tax-free lump sum from their pension pot.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said the Conservatives will raise the 40% tax threshold from £41,900 to £50,000 if they win the 2015 General Election.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has launched an at-retirement service ahead of the deadline for implementing the new flexibilities for defined contribution (DC) members next April.

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Savers are to receive free independent guidance from the Money Advice Service (MAS) and The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) when given unfettered access to their pension pots from next year, the government has said.

Former government chief whip Andrew Mitchell has invested in a high-profile film financing company considered to be a tax avoidance scheme by HMRC.

Business secretary Vince Cable has called the financial sector "a public good", though admitted it often falls short of this lofty aim.

The government's Help To Buy scheme, designed to boost the housing market, creates "medium and long-term risks to the taxpayer", MPs have warned.