[1/2] Machinist Yasemin Mehmet, aged 68, poses for a photograph on the factory floor of Fashion-Enter Ltd in London, Britain, February 15, 2023.
The capped amount of money that can put in their pensions in one year without paying tax will also rise to 60,000 pounds from 40,000 pounds, he said.
The move is designed to stop people, particularly doctors and other professionals, quitting the workforce or reducing the hours they work when their pensions surpass the tax thresholds.
"I do not want any doctor to retire early because of the way pension taxes work," Hunt said.
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