Monthly Archives: September 2026

How do we afford long term care? Andy Burnham’s problem – Tuesday morning’s answer!

If the state funds care for people with assets, essentially what it is doing is funding the inheritance of their beneficiaries who can often be quite wealthy in their own right. Continue reading →

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Pensions Expert DC & Master Trust Summit (likely to be controversial in 2026)

If you expected to put your feet up and play games on your phone you’ll be disappointed. Here are the  highlights that I’ve picked out. Continue reading →

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Next month UK employment law changes – workplace pensions are on the union’s agenda.

The unions have been excluded from the pension debate and are only considered important within public sector schemes. This is short sighted. Continue reading →

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“Investors need to know you are ahead in the race to destroy humanity” – AI correspondence

Messages from the archive of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist Continue reading →

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BP’s pensioners will not give up on the pensions they’ve been promised.

BP employed some very talented people who had strong principles. Murray is one of them. They will not give up on getting the pensions they were promised. Continue reading →

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Teacher’s pay rise partially funded by a drop in pension payments into LGPS

The money that they’d had to find under the original offer is now fully funded by the Government out of money they would have paid into LGPS. Support staff in schools are in the LGPS. Continue reading →

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How do we afford long term care? Tuesday’s pre-budget coffee morning explores!

If the state funds care for people with assets, essentially what it is doing is funding the inheritance of their beneficiaries who can often be quite wealthy in their own right. Continue reading →

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Opperman sees growth for Britain by incentivising pension funds with tax-breaks

Guy Opperman is a very good commentator on politics and here he is reporting on the prospects from a pension. He is a conservative politician trying to be balancing. On this pod he is in the company of people who … Continue reading →

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Brian Henderson’s view of VFM for those getting a retirement income.

I do like Brian and his recent work features on my blog because it is sane and soothes the troubled brows of those like the intrepid hosts of this pod. Continue reading →

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A study of the risk of sudden improvement in longevity (NB CDC)

Jim Hennington has worked on the main theme of this blog most of his career. He has helped make it  possible Australians to convert Super pots into lifetime pensions. This is a post that Jim is pointing at people who … Continue reading →

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