Citizens Advice: pension exit fees cap good news for consumers

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Citizens Advice has welcomed news that the Treasury will legislate to cap pension early exit charges levied on savers using pension freedoms.

The news was announced yesterday by Chancellor George Osborne after it was found some 700,000 people who are eligible face some sort of early exit charge. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) w...

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