<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[longandvariable]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://longandvariable.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Tony Yates]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://longandvariable.wordpress.com/author/anthonyyates01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Sorry, but financial freedom for pensioners was a bad&nbsp;idea]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Ben Chu kindly hosted and edited<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2015/04/08/sorry-but-financial-freedom-for-pensioners-is-a-bad-idea/"> this version</a> of an old blog post of mine on the Independent&#8217;s &#8216;Chunomics&#8217; blog, explaining why think it was a bad idea for the Chancellor to let pensioners take their pensions as lump sums.</p>
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