Tag Archives: Andy Haldane

Pay, care and housing – problems for all generations; here’s Haldane on building houses.

Posted on August 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Is Andy Haldane speaking here for Government? I hope he is. He’;s rumoured to be  influential in No 11 Downing Street and the Chancellor has a big job sorting out a  strategy to tackle housing. Care and our wage in … Continue reading →

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DWP find that like Andy Haldane, we can’t make “the remotest sense of pensions”.

Posted on July 14, 2026 by henry tapper

My conclusion from reading Corporate Advisers report on DWP’s latest research is that the happiest of retiring savers today  are being paid a defined benefit. The happiest in future will come from those  who are on their way  to a … Continue reading →

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Mandation – you ain’t seen nothing yet! Andy Haldane- for Andy Burnham?

Posted on June 27, 2026 by henry tapper

You heard it first from Ros Altmann and Sharon Bowles in the House of Lords. Now it’s been passed to Andy Haldane who’s close to Andy Burnham as an “adviser”. What’s he planning for Britain via the HMRC and whoever … Continue reading →

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Right analysis+razor sharp solutions…needed by TPR

Posted on February 10, 2025 by henry tapper

  The last 7 days have had me listening for 3 hours to a former executive and the current Chair of TPR and I find myself deflated. Here is a former TPR worker on my comments about David Fairs last … Continue reading →

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Outside the trains don’t run on time

Posted on September 27, 2024 by henry tapper

It was a joy to host a meeting yesterday of some 60 colleagues with a common interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people who want a pension from their workplace pension. We heard for openers from Guy Opperman and … Continue reading →

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Budget a “no score draw” for growth – Haldane

Posted on March 11, 2024 by henry tapper

  Andy Haldane seems to be Rachel Reeves’ favorite economist. They worked together at the Bank of England and he now runs the Royal Society of the Arts, a kind of think-tank that is left-leaning enough not to annoy her … Continue reading →

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Stand on your own two feet – says Andy Haldane.

Posted on April 11, 2023 by henry tapper

In today’s world of “polycrises”, we can hope for renewed macroeconomic moderation, or a spontaneous growth spurt…..hope is not a prudent policy strategy. It is time to reconfigure our safety nets, in finance and beyond, and reinvigorate capitalism in anticipation … Continue reading →

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Why Aussies love pensions (and we don’t).

Posted on September 1, 2021 by henry tapper

The Australian Regulator has produced a simple way for Australians saving into DC workplace pensions to look at their savings product and make a reasonable assessment of whether they are getting value for money. They are not using the complex … Continue reading →

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We need pensions not pots

Posted on August 27, 2021 by henry tapper

10m UK pensioners risk running out of money — poll https://t.co/LTEpRsBNXS — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) August 26, 2021 We are busy saving into pots that provide no pensions and turning future pensions into pension pots. Let’s be clear, we are … Continue reading →

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Making pensions as important as football

Posted on February 19, 2021 by henry tapper

  I have received a nice email from the Pensions Minister , some of which can be shared. It would be easy for Guy Opperman, days after getting Royal Assent to the Pension Schemes Act, to sit back.  Instead  I … Continue reading →

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