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The Treasury has confirmed its decision to press ahead with an increase to the lifetime allowance (LTA) by inflation from 2018. At the 2015 Budget from the then chancellor George Osborne it was announced the LTA would be reduced to from £1.25 million to £1 million from April 2016. It was also announced that the LTA would be indexed by …
The government has decided to cancel plans to create a market for secondary annuities. A statement on the Treasury’s website explained the reason for the U-turn just 6 months before it was due to be implemented. The government said, “It has become clear that creating the conditions to allow a competitive market to emerge could not be balanced with sufficient …
Pensions Lifetime allowance The lifetime allowance reduction announced in the March 2015 Budget will go ahead. So, there will be a drop from £1.25m to £1m from 6 April 2016. The Summer Budget Statement confirms that there will be new fund protection options introduced to allow those with funds in excess of this limit to protect the greater amount held. There …
