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“Can the dashboard ween us off our addiction to pot?” – asks Smith

Posted on November 17, 2025 by henry tapper

Richard Smith has just landed on one of the best headlines in pensions this year Thanks Richard Smith for cheering me and I hope a few readers up! We have a discussion about addiction to pot in the UK and … Continue reading →

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Those Dutch pension cuts in full!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by henry tapper

Final figures from the Dutch central bank DNB show a total of 66 Dutch pension funds have been forced to curtail pensions due to funding shortfalls. Continue reading →

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Can pension saving really grow the economy?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by henry tapper

Putting a stealth tax on an employer’s wage bill of 3% and frog-boiling millions to reduce their take home by up to 4% doesn’t fit comfortably with a growth strategy for the economy. Less money to spend. Many regard UK pension policy … Continue reading →

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The Spurious Certainty of Chicken Licken

Posted on April 24, 2012 by henry tapper

There are two certainties – death and taxes; oh – add to that a pension in payment! Or so the officers of the DWP , the Government Actuary and the Pensions Regulator would have it. GAD tried to knock the idea … Continue reading →

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