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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sam Blewett

Labour would scrap Chancellor’s ‘gilded giveaway’ to wealthy pensions savers

Labour has pledged to scrap Jeremy Hunt’s “gilded giveaway” to higher earners as the Chancellor defended his multi-billion pound tax break on pensions savings.

Mr Hunt said the abolition of the tax-free cap on the lifetime pensions allowance included in his Budget was needed to keep doctors in work as the NHS spends billions on agency staff.

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