any taxpayer generating over £150 , 000 will no further enjoy higher - frequency tax protection , so is considered a reasonable reward to give for wealthy workers . from march 2011 , anyone not earns £200 , 000 a year , for example , and wages the typically amount of 6 one piece of their salary into their companies benefits scheme will go out on £200 a quarter or £2 , 400 a year . alistair darling , when he announce the move in the bill , insisted that just 1 . 5 every part of taxpayers - the equivalent of about 450 , 000 persons - would be hit , but instead argued that it would significantly damage the already beleaguered pensions industry , and cause many savers to dream equally about investing in a pension .
Alistair Darling is chancellor of UK.