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Jonathan Stapleton

Jonathan Stapleton

Jonathan is editor of Professional Pensions and Workplace Savings & Benefits (WSB).

He started work as a journalist on a capital markets magazine called Central European in 2000 before joining an internet start-up called ii-Q.com, a pensions news service.

Jonathan joined Professional Pensions in July 2001 and has been there, barring a nine month sabbatical in 2004, ever since. He launched PP Online in 2006, became deputy editor of Professional Pensions in 2008, editor in 2009, launched WSB in 2012 and became editor-in-chief of both brands in 2014.

Jonathan has won a number of awards throughout his career - most recently the Society of Pension Professionals' Journalist of the Year Award 2019 - and is holder of the Pension Management Institute's Retirement Provision Certificate.

Outside of pensions, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his son, helping to run a Scout troop and trying (unsuccessfully so far) to improve his very sluggish 5km running time.

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Articles by Jonathan Stapleton

Tax planning

Budget 2016: Govt mulls salary sacrifice restrictions

Move revealed in Budget documents

clock 16 March 2016 • 1 min read

ISAs

Budget 2016: Lifetime ISAs explained

George Osborne announced flexible way to save in 2016 Budget

clock 16 March 2016 • 8 min read

Pensions

Why the Chancellor should consider dual-system pensions tax relief

Announcement expected in the Budget

clock 04 March 2016 • 2 min read

People

Ex-NEST chief exec Tim Jones honoured in New Year list

Tim Jones becomes CBE

clock 03 January 2016 • 1 min read

Regulation

Govt introduces tax break on DB to DC transfer advice

The government has introduced an income tax exemption for regulated financial advice provided as part of employer-led transfer exercises from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.

clock 09 July 2015 •

Tax Planning

Annual allowance shake up: Pension input periods split into 'mini tax years'

The 2015-16 tax year will be split into two mini tax years for the purposes of the annual allowance as part of transitional rules, the government has announced.

clock 08 July 2015 •

Pensions

'ISA pensions' could reduce the deficit by £10bn a year

A shift from an 'EET' to a ‘TEE' tax system could save the government £10bn a year, academic Michael Johnson has said.

clock 08 July 2015 •

Pensions

Ros Altmann vows to 'clear up' flat-rate state pension confusion

Pensions minister Ros Altmann has pledged to ‘clear up' confusion over the new state pension.

clock 29 June 2015 •

Pensions

Frank Field to head Work and Pensions Select Committee

Frank Field has been elected as chairman of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee.

clock 18 June 2015 •

Pensions

Runners and riders: Who will be the next pensions minister?

Who will get the job on 8 May?

clock 15 April 2015 •