Outlook: Will pensions get a free pass in this week's Spring Budget?

'Fingers crossed it's all quiet on the pensions front'

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Lee Halpin shares his Spring Budget 2024 predictions ahead of Wednesday's speech and has his fingers crossed that pensions will not get a special mention...

It's that busy time of year again for advisers as the tax year-end edges ever closer. Before we know it, April will be upon us. Advisers will do what they always do and help support their clients to make the most of any annual allowances - even right up to the wire. There's just that small thing of the Budget to keep an eye out for first. And that comes less than four months on from the Autumn Statement. Will pensions get a pass this time around? Many of us will keep our fingers crossed that we won't see any major surprises, but you can never be too sure. Rabbits and hats In w...

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