Families struggle to eat healthily amid rising food bills and shrinking budgets

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As more people are unable to afford food, experts are warning that Britain’s nutritional recession is going to get worse (Guardian Society: Families in the UK struggle to eat healthily amid rising food bills and shrinking budgets

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Revisit Pension Drawdown Rules – Official Industry Petition – e-petitions

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The industry has called for a revisit of these rates as we are taking calls daily from concerned pensioners. This petition requests that the Governement reverts back to the 120% rate as a precursor to a root and branch review.

This e-petition has been set up by the Chairman of AMPS with a view to seeking support from those affected by reduced drawdown income.

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Suffolk Life to buy Pointon York Sipp book – FT Adviser

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Self-invested personal pension provider Suffolk Life will take on about 1,700 Sipp plans from Pointon York when it acquires the PY Sipp following a decision by Pointon York to close the scheme.

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Suffolk Life takes over Pointon York SIPP – IFAonline

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Suffolk Life is to acquire around 1,700 plans from rival Pointon York’s self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book.

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RDR ‘will lead to improved financial advice standard’

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The carrying out of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) should result in an improvement of adviser professionalism, it has been claimed.

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George Osborne’s proposed raid on pensions: he really is turning into the heir to Gordon Brown – Telegraph Blogs

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The global economic crisis has been a crisis of responsibility. Irresponsibility from bankers who supposed that whatever risks they took, they would always be able to lay them off in the marketplace and let another firm take the hit.

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