Pensions relief in doubt, once again

The chancellor is said to have pension funds in sight once again: specifically the £40bn annual cost of tax relief on contributions.

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Is Philip Hammond set to do a Gordon Brown? More than 20 years after Brown abolished pension funds' right to reclaim dividend tax credits, he is still reviled in some quarters for a change now costing pension funds £10bn a year. The current chancellor is said to have pension funds in sight once again: specifically the £40bn annual cost of tax relief on contributions.

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