Doctors’ bodies unite to call for pension reform
Leading medical bodies have joined to call for reformation of the pension tax system which is robbing many consultants of tens of thousands of pounds. In an appeal to the Government, as part of an effort to prevent mounting early retirements of consultants, they call for the punitive charges to be sorted in the next […]...
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