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Not forgetting that the UK State Pension is far from the best:

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Part of the rationale for that is the fact that the UK had a strong history of Occupational Pensions - that was until Gordon Brown did his tax raid on Pension Schemes by removing ‘ACT relief’, and this unequivocally lead to the demise of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes. That move literally ‘robbed’ £billions from Pension Schemes.

I wonder what Rachel Reeves will be remembered for - the demise of ‘Middle Class’ Private Schools?
 
Not forgetting that the UK State Pension is far from the best:

Global Pension System Ranking by Country

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Part of the rationale for that is the fact that the UK had a strong history of Occupational Pensions - that was until Gordon Brown did his tax raid on Pension Schemes by removing ‘ACT relief’, and this unequivocally lead to the demise of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes. That move literally ‘robbed’ £billions from Pension Schemes.

I wonder what Rachel Reeves will be remembered for - the demise of ‘Middle Class’ Private Schools?
Seems that the Tories must have read my post:

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