The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is poised to announce plans to merge workplace pension schemes and release up to £75bn of retirement funds for fast-growing startups, in a move that could accelerate plans to create the next Silicon Valley.
The proposals, aimed at mobilising investment from the UK’s £2.5tn pensions sector, are due to be outlined in a speech to top executives and MPs in central London at the lord mayor’s annual Mansion House dinner on Monday evening.