Tag Archives: Bryn Davies

The importance of the state pension as “fair for all”- discuss.

Posted on April 12, 2024 by henry tapper

Despite trade union calls for the triple lock maintained and increases in the state pension age to be reversed, the Labour party is yet to commit to any policy on the state pension. At next week’s pension playpen coffee morning … Continue reading →

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Snooping on the vulnerable – 22.4m people targeted by DWP

Posted on January 3, 2024 by henry tapper

In photo Prem Sikka and Bryn Davies, two Lords who are actually doing their jobs scrutinising the Data Protection Bill. I hope that more people watch this video that were watching in the Upper House, because what is under discussion … Continue reading →

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“Financial Services is Britain’s oil – it corrupts from within” – Bryn Davies

Posted on December 13, 2023 by henry tapper

Forget everything they warned you about a “Corbynista” and watch this video instead Bryn Davies is a reasonable man with firm views about what pensions should do and the audience that he got from Pension PlayPen made up in quality … Continue reading →

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A baron not a robber – Bryn Davies live on Playpen – Tuesday

Posted on December 9, 2023 by henry tapper

I am very pleased that I will be able to introduce Bryn Davies to the Pension Playpen coffee- mo(u)rners on Tuesday (12th Dec) As usual, we will be starting at 10.30am and you can join the event from http://www.pensionplaypen.com by … Continue reading →

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The FT’s Martin Wolf on meaningful reform to pensions

Posted on June 14, 2021 by henry tapper

Two things happened on Sunday that made a difference to my thinking on the pensions. the first was spending a day on my boat with Andrew Young and extended family. Andrew more or less designed the PPF and as deputy … Continue reading →

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Prem Sikka’s peerage – its value to accounting , governance and pensions

Posted on August 2, 2020 by henry tapper

Prem Sikka, too, is an appointment to be welcomed as strengthening the Lords pensions team. Read his monograph from 2006, “Pensions crisis a failure of public policymaking”, https://t.co/xBHu7dgVKJ. Chapter 2: THE PENSIONS CRISIS: FACT AND FICTION explains the valuation and… … Continue reading →

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Bryn Davies ; Our new voice in the Lords

Posted on August 1, 2020 by henry tapper

There were three peerages created yesterday for services to pensions , all three deserved. Frank Field and Helena Morrissey are high profile and  fly their own flags, Bryn is less well known but no less deserving. Bryn’s career Brinley Howard … Continue reading →

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The left needs steady (not raw) nerves!

Posted on September 15, 2015 by henry tapper

Appalling behaviour from the bulk of the Parliamentary Labour Party I am not a socialist and I didn’t vote for Jeremy Corbyn. I am a Liberal Democrat , I believe in democracy and I want a strong opposition in Government … Continue reading →

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Is there a future for defined benefit pensions?

Posted on November 2, 2012 by henry tapper

The TUC has published a working paper written by my colleague Hilary Salt entitled “the future of defined benefit pensions provision” which is a very good read. You can reach it here. The wags among you may consider that you could … Continue reading →

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Unavoidable, necessary and futile – the fight for public sector pensions

Posted on June 21, 2011 by henry tapper

Because the unions only speak for those they define as their own – they do not speak for me – nor I for them. Continue reading →

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