Monthly Archives: November 2025

Don’t mess with my brain – leave the state pension alone!

Posted on November 23, 2025 by henry tapper

I heard it first here from the great Paul Lewis There will be yet another major(ish) Treasury pre-Budget announcement – this one about state pension – at 1030 tonight (Sunday) I will tweet it with analysis at that time. — … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t requiring cyclists to wear helmets help?

Posted on November 23, 2025 by henry tapper

I have been in discussion on this thread started by Ruth Sutherland As I feel a bit sore from an accident just over a year ago, I have been doing some thinking about the types of cyclists you get on … Continue reading →

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Meat and drink of a pension event – a compliant audience.

Posted on November 23, 2025 by henry tapper

“Events” is an industry and the attendance of a small group of people is fought over. The events tend to be free and depend on the payment by sponsors to speak and promote in a hall. So Chatham House becomes … Continue reading →

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Who loses from R&T’s plan to “tax” pension saving (and how much)?

Posted on November 23, 2025 by henry tapper

(R&T = Rachel Reeves and Torsten Bell) What I read over the weekend does not set my heart aflame with anger, instead it makes me content that the young will be helped by an 8% rise in their minimum pay … Continue reading →

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How you can support pensioners being cheated out of their pension increases

Posted on November 23, 2025 by henry tapper

A lot of those losing out on their pension is coming down as elderly pensioners die with no restitution, let’s not let it happen – find your MP’s address and send by email or Royal Mail, this letter. Linked-in does … Continue reading →

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The photos Chatham House doesn’t quite cover!

Posted on November 22, 2025 by henry tapper

We We must all behave ourselves, observe Chatham House and honour our sponsors without whom we cannot have days to understand and learn. But there is fun in the pictures that are circulated after a Conference that deserve preservation on … Continue reading →

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Do Pension Schemes need to do more on Complicity?

Posted on November 22, 2025 by henry tapper

An article by Dooley Harte ,Pension Official , University & College Union The genocide in Gaza, the war in Ukraine and many other conflicts around the world can leave us feeling helpless as we watch humanity tear itself apart with … Continue reading →

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Mrs Reeves and Pensions ; the full unexpurgated version

Posted on November 22, 2025 by henry tapper

The following is a blog from Professor Michael Bromwich, speaking from a career in economics , a statesman for the London School of Economics. It appeared  earlier in a truncated version, this is the blog in its entirety.   Mrs … Continue reading →

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What is acceptable – what unacceptable – in pension taxation?

Posted on November 22, 2025 by henry tapper

Pension PlayPen has decided that its meeting at 10.3o am on Tuesday morning will be our chance to establish what we as a community find acceptable and what unacceptable of the various proposals so far put forward. It was around … Continue reading →

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Increase your staff pension payments by 50%? No thanks. Increase pensions by 60%? Yes please!

Posted on November 21, 2025 by henry tapper

Sounds stupid, but it is what CDC is promising. From 2027, employers can ditch their DC workplace pensions for CDC workplace pensions with the promise of 60% pensions at retirement for the same “pain” while an employee’s at work. Employers … Continue reading →

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