Pension reforms 鈥榗entral鈥� to government鈥檚 plan for growth, says Treasury
The chancellor is planning to overhaul Britain鈥檚 pensions system in an effort to increase infrastructure investment by billions.
The Treasury has confirmed reports suggesting pension reform to boost growth will be one of the key messages of a major speech that Rachel Reeves is set to make in the City of London on 14 November.
According to The Times, Reeves favours Canadian-style pension reform, which would mean merging 拢400bn worth of local authority pension schemes.
The chancellor met with the executives who run these schemes in August.
The newspaper quoted 鈥渃ity sources鈥� as wanting further reforms to free up 拢225bn worth of surpluses held by defined benefit pension schemes.
Reeves鈥� speech could also include detail on how the government plans to use the extra borrowing created by changes to the government鈥檚 debt rules in last week鈥檚 Budget.
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A Treasury spokesperson said: 鈥淔ollowing this week鈥檚 budget to fix the foundations of the UK economy, the chancellor is focused on growth. Central to that are the next steps on pension reform, which will be set out in her Mansion House speech. This will unlock more private investment to fuel the government鈥檚 growth mission.鈥�
The annual Mansion House address is often used by the chancellor to set out the government鈥檚 plans for the economy and the financial sector.
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