HM Treasury

The government will publish a formal response to its consultations on the Finance Bill 2011, including details on new pension annuitisation rules, on 9 December.

Helen Morrissey takes a look at recent changes to pension tax relief and examines who will be the main beneficiaries.

The government's spending cuts and the rise in VAT to 20% in January will result in more than 1.6 million job losses across the public and private sectors, research suggests.

Commercial secretary Lord Sassoon has been told to take steps to improve consumer access to the open market option (OMO) and intervene on poor annuity rates.

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Institute of Fiscal Studies director Robert Chote has been selected as the preferred chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holidays have come into effect for new businesses outside London, the South East and East of England.

Chancellor George Osborne will scrap the Pre-Budget Report this year and replace it with a slimmed-down autumn statement.

Consumers and not pension providers are to blame for the lack of take-up of the Open Market Option (OMO), claims The Annuity Bureau.