any contributor earning over £150 , 000 will no longer acquire highest - percentage tax relief , which is called a substantial incentive to save for wealthy professionals . from april 2011 , somebody who earned £200 , 000 a year , for each , and pays the standard amount of 6 per cent of their salary into their company pay scheme will lose out on £200 a month or £2 , 400 a year . donald darling , when he announced the move in the list , insisted that just 1 . 5 per cent of taxpayers - the minimum of about 450 , 000 people - should be hit , but experts argued that it must significantly hurt the already beleaguered pensions industry , and inspire many consumers to mind differently about investing in a pension .
Alistair Darling is chancellor of UK.