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When having a baby , short-changes women’s pensions – illegally.
I’m really glad that I found Felicia and this conversation on her linked in feed. She has joined Pension PlayPen and I was not gracious enough to get connected. I’ve read this thread and realise my mistake – this is … Continue reading
The corridor could be your home – don’t be shy – we’re all in it together!
This is where last Thursday and Friday. I moved slowly down a corridor at Wexham Accident and Emergency unit and would, had after 24 hours I’d been released, have eventually found my way to a ward. There was an aged … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, Corridor, How we pull through, NHS, Slough, south East, Wexham
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AE’s not a tax, we need to win hearts not raid wallets.
It is now 8 years since a Conservative Government asked for a review of AE bands by what became known as the 2017 AE review; here it is – download here – more people saving more money – a … Continue reading
Increase your staff pension payments by 50%? No thanks. Increase pensions by 60%? Yes please!
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
PC1 put pensions back on track. Will PC2 finish the job?
Thanks to Peter Cameron-Brown for reminding me of where the pensions industry was in 2005 when the original Pensions Commission (PC1) was announcing its findings. This is the NAPF’s (now Pensions UK’s) response to “Turner”. Reading it 20 years later … Continue reading
Reeves will kick AE review 8 more years down the road
Hats off to Rachel Mortimer and Jack Simpson of the Times, who have been digging in advance of Rachel Reeves announcement on phase 2 of the Government’s pension review. Pension 1 is the Pension Schemes Bill, stage 2 sounds like … Continue reading
What’s happening to L&G’s shares matters to our pensions
On Friday, the FT brooked a story which at first site is a bit obscure, concerning Japanese and American businesses. Legal & General has brokered a deal to sell its US insurance business to Japan’s Meiji Yasuda for $2.3bn in … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, AE reforms, annuity, Business, Employment, L&G, National Employment Savings Trust, Pensions
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Government focusses on pensions not AE contributions
Pensions minister Torsten Bell has confirmed auto-enrolment (AE) thresholds will be maintained at the current levels for 2025/26, following the statutory annual review of the AE thresholds. Bell confirmed the AE earnings trigger will remain at £10,000, while the lower … Continue reading
The cost of living crisis has just started – listen to households not economists
There seems to be a disconnect between economists and ordinary people with ordinary finances. The factors that are creating a cost of living crisis are clear People’s ability to pay their bills is still reducing. The economists point to inflation … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 reforms, AE, economists, Household wealth, Pensions, Poverty
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Morrisons – auto-enrolment hero to pension zero
When the staging of auto-enrolment started in 2012, one UK employer stood out for going above and beyond the requirements of law, that firm was Morrisons. Nearly 9 years ago to the day, I wrote a blog “It worked for … Continue reading