Senior Tories claim that British Chancellor, George Osborne, will face a fiery backbench revolt if he persists with plans to raid the pensions of high-income tax payers in his bid to slash the deficit. Under proposals being drawn up by senior civil servants in the Treasury, ahead of the Budget in March, all workers paying into a pension would receive a flat rate of tax relief of between 20 and 30 per cent. As higher-rate taxpayers tend to allocate more of their annual income into retirement pensions, the proposed changes would create a multibillion-pound tax windfall for the Treasury. RT reports: The proposals, which are believed to be at an advanced stage, have created alarm among Tories. Senior Conservative Party figures say the maneuver risks stoking the ire of voters who are already the biggest net contributors to Britain’s tax system. Conservative member of the Treasury Select Committee Mark Garnier welcomed the government’s plans to incentivize lower-rate taxpayers to save more towards their pension. However, he said it was potentially “bad politics” to hit higher-rate taxpayers more. “I am not sure the politics of hammering the rich works,” he told the Independent. “The people who will benefit are very unlikely [...]