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High earners beware – they are coming for your pensions

Pensions advisers have spotted something that worries them in the Autumn Statement small print

High earners beware – they are coming for your pensions
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It may have seemed like a quiet Autumn Statement for pensions, but a close reading of government documents put out on Wednesday has raised fears of more cuts for higher earners.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has been doing his sums, and has reiterated that two thirds of the £48 billion the Treasury spends on tax relief for retirement saving goes to the better-off.

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