Ministers 'to discuss' radical annuities-for-cash plan

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Controversial proposals to allow existing pensioners to sell their annuities for cash - and insurers to compete for the contracts - are to be discussed by ministers this week ahead of the 18 March Budget, according to reports.

The idea to extend the pension freedoms announced at last year's Budget to those already locked in to annuity deals will figure in talks between senior coalition officials on 13 March, according to...

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