Steve Webb

Senior pension figures question HMRC's 7.7 million salary sacrifice uptake figure

Pensions

Senior pension figures question HMRC's 7.7 million salary sacrifice uptake figure

‘It doesn't take much of an error in those figures to have no benefit whatsoever’

clock 15 December 2025 • 8 min read
Abolishing tax-free cash 'highly unlikely' and withdrawals market impact minimal

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Abolishing tax-free cash 'highly unlikely' and withdrawals market impact minimal

‘UK pensioners are too small a fish in the global monetary system’

clock 17 November 2025 • 3 min read
LCP warns 'more thought needed' to make IHT on pensions workable

Tax planning

LCP warns 'more thought needed' to make IHT on pensions workable

Calls for major changes

clock 03 November 2025 • 4 min read
Steve Webb: Sceptical advisers should not give up on pensions dashboard

Pensions

Steve Webb: Sceptical advisers should not give up on pensions dashboard

‘A big mistake to underestimate the impact it will have’

clock 03 July 2025 • 3 min read
Steve Webb: HMRC tax code stance moving in right direction but still work to do

Pensions

Steve Webb: HMRC tax code stance moving in right direction but still work to do

'HMRC has belatedly accepted that the status quo is unacceptable'

clock 05 February 2025 • 4 min read
Campaigners claim victory as HMRC overhauls pension withdrawal tax system

Pensions

Campaigners claim victory as HMRC overhauls pension withdrawal tax system

Pensioners over-taxed by £1.3bn since 2015

clock 22 January 2025 • 4 min read
Changes to pensions and IHT rules will be a 'bureaucratic nightmare' for families

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Changes to pensions and IHT rules will be a 'bureaucratic nightmare' for families

LCP says changes announced in Autumn Budget will ‘greatly’ add to the burden families face

clock 31 October 2024 • 3 min read
Labour scrapping higher rate pensions tax relief is 'politically unlikely'

Pensions

Labour scrapping higher rate pensions tax relief is 'politically unlikely'

Despite being ‘potentially lucrative’

clock 30 September 2024 • 4 min read
HMRC docs threaten ability to inherit pension pots free of income tax

Tax planning

HMRC docs threaten ability to inherit pension pots free of income tax

A potential big change made ‘through the back door'

clock 20 July 2023 • 2 min read
Frozen tax thresholds bite as 55% more pay additional rate 

Tax Planning

Frozen tax thresholds bite as 55% more pay additional rate 

Hundreds of thousands dragged into higher paying tax brackets 

clock 29 June 2023 • 3 min read