What the budget holds for pensions

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There has been plenty of talk about pensions in the run-up to the Budget. It is widely predicted that the government is planning some sort of raid on pensions in order to make its sums add up. There are a number of ways in which George Osborne could do this: some would be devastating, and others less so.

So what could happen, what will the consequences be, and what should the government be doing with pensions?