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Pensions weekly highlights—23 November 2017

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Published on: 23 November 2017

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Table of contents

Taxation
Autumn Budget 2017—Pensions
The Finance (No 2) Act 2017 gets published
Revenue and Customs Brief 3/2017: VAT treatment of pension fund management services
The Pensions Regulator
TPR publishes quick guide on how to produce a chair’s statement
Work and Pensions Committee publishes correspondence with TPR on the British Steel Pension Scheme
The Pension Protection Fund
DWP consults on revised approach to allowing PPF to take account of bridging pensions
Members and benefits

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Welcome to the Pensions weekly highlights from the Lexis®PSL Pensions team for the week ending 22 November 2017. This week’s edition of Pensions highlights includes a review of key news stories and cases, as well as dates for your diary.

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