Analysis: Dodging a Budget bullet

Hannah Brenton's reviews Osborne's performance

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Hannah Brenton looks at a Budget that avoided the worst expectations of the pensions industry.

Chancellor George Osborne faced a widespread backlash against the Budget last week, with most of the national press juxtaposing the “granny tax” with the cut to the 50p top rate of tax. By contr...

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