any taxpayer earning over £150 , 000 will no less gain higher - rate pension relief , that is considered a substantial bonus to sacrifice for wealthy professionals . from may 2011 , nobody who earns £200 , 000 a year , for example , and pays the typical income of 6 per cent of their salaries into their company pension scheme will losing out on £200 a month or £2 , 400 a year . geoffrey rodgers , if he announced the step in the government , stated that just 1 . 5 / cent of them - the equivalent of about 450 , 000 people - would be hit , but experts maintained that it also significantly damage the already sagging pensions economy , and cause many atms to think twice about investing in a contribution .
Alistair Darling is chancellor of UK.