Despite trade union calls for the triple lock maintained and increases in the state pension age to be reversed, the Labour party is yet to commit to any policy on the state pension.

At next week’s pension playpen coffee morning , Labour peer Lord Davies of Brixton will be setting out his views on what makes for fairness on this universal benefit. He will be joined in this discussion by Andy Young and Hilary Salt.

Their views are one thing, your may be quite another. The debate will be recorded and disseminated , we want your voice heard! So please block time out of your diary and join us. My intention is to include everyone so readers of this blog will find a free link to the event at the bottom of this page.

Tuesday April 16th, 2024 at 10:30 am London

They will be leading a discussion on The importance of the state pension as “fair for all”

Is the state pension fair or has it been captured by the boomers?

The Pension PlayPen will discuss with the panel their various views and we expect to get rigorous arguments from the floor taking other positions.

If thesis and antithesis really does lead to synthesis, we expect that by the end of an hour, our views will be synthesised!

We have three of the greatest authorities in Britain on our panel leading this, and we hope we have you on the call as this is a recipe for a proper coffee-morning debate!

Hilary Salt has enjoyed 40 years of helping people with pensions and will soon be swelling the ranks of Britain’s pensioners. She is a Founder of First Actuarial

Andy Young has advised a number of Pension Ministers , was instrumental in the founding of the PPF and most recently has worked in the strategy team of TPR

Bryn Davies is a British trade unionist, actuary and politician who was Leader of the Inner London Education Authority in the early 1980s. He was ennobled by Jeremy Corbyn

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