I am pleased that Calum Cooper, a pension professional is picking up on key themes promised to be discussed over the next few days in Liverpool and the Labour Party Conference.
Good pensions do not operate in a vacuum, they are part of the deal we offer older and younger people. The older need a health care system that cares for them when they can’t care for themselves. The younger need to have a chance to get into property they can afford and which provides them financial security as they grow older.
I am pleased that the Labour Conference will take on these two problems. There is no need for policy time to be spent on pensions, we have reform of DB and DC underway and the introduction of workplace Collective CDC Pensions already here. The State Pension continues to be prioritised to meet the needs of those who rely on it (most of us).
Welfare is tripartite; pension, health and housing . This Conference will deal with the two that pension people need to better understand.