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Commons removes Lords’ pension salary sacrifice bill amendments


By Jack Gray

The House of Commons has removed amendments to the National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill that would have raised the proposed National Insurance (NI) relief cap on salary sacrifice for pension contributions and excluded basic rate taxpayers from the measure.

As the bill made its way through the House of Lords, amendments were added that would have increased the salary sacrifice NI cap for pension contributions from £2,000 to £5,000, and excluded basic rate taxpayers from the measure


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Only 14 per cent of people ‘on track’ to retire when they want

Just 14 per cent of people are on track to retire when and how they want, with large gaps between expectation and reality, research by savings platform Flagstone has found

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LifeSight confirms plans to launch retirement CDC solution

WTW’s LifeSight master trust has confirmed its intention to launch a retirement collective defined contribution (R-CDC) solution, subject to the introduction of a supporting UK regulatory framework

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DB schemes ‘well positioned’ as gilt yields hit highest level since 2008

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CDC not expected to become 'mainstream offering' within the next three years

Two-thirds (67 per cent) of pension professionals do not believe that collective defined contribution (CDC) will be a mainstream workplace pension offering within the next three years, according to a survey of delegates at TPT’s recent Pensions Pathways conference

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Panasonic UK Pension Plan signs £140m buy-in with M&G

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