David Gauke: Unwinding annuities bought since 6 April 2013 would involve interfering with contracts already concluded. It would undermine legal certainty and the rule of law if annuity providers were no longer able to rely on contracts which they had entered into in good faith, under the law as it then stood. An annuity carries a substitute cancellation right which acts as a 30 day cooling off period. In...
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