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UK’s tech sector could be the best in Europe, but this timid budget won’t help
I’m proud to have been on hug terms with Will Hutton at a recent conference. He was speaking and I was grovelling because I missed him. But I’d had a chat earlier about how influential he’d been to my and … Continue reading
A budget that can only beat dismal expectations.
I have just been in a dismal webinar considering the prospects of us having a “good budget”. If I was investing in any sector the “day before”, it would be the manufacturers of razor blades. Expectations for Britain’s autumn Budget … Continue reading
Budget – have your say on what YOU want; 10.30am today
From 2028, many pensioners whose sole income is the full state pension may become liable for tax, if the personal allowance threshold remains frozen at £12,570. What is given in state pension will be taken back as income tax. https://t.co/GJhcjdZCTR … Continue reading
Mrs Reeves and Pensions ; the full unexpurgated version
The following is a blog from Professor Michael Bromwich, speaking from a career in economics , a statesman for the London School of Economics. It appeared earlier in a truncated version, this is the blog in its entirety. Mrs … Continue reading
What is acceptable – what unacceptable – in pension taxation?
Pension PlayPen has decided that its meeting at 10.3o am on Tuesday morning will be our chance to establish what we as a community find acceptable and what unacceptable of the various proposals so far put forward. It was around … Continue reading
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Mrs Reeves and Pensions (V2)
The following is a blog from Professor Michael Bromwich, speaking from a career in economics , a statesman for the London School of Economics. It appeared earlier in a truncated version, this is the blog in its entirety. Mrs … Continue reading
Public Spending will fall when productivity improves..
Thanks Steve There is in the departments that touch on pensions (and it’s more than HMT and DWP) a malaise at this moment because Government is failing to show a direction. Steve Groves would have Government cut back and so … Continue reading
What am I worth? The FT can tell you in a number of ways…
It’s three weeks till the budget and this one’s causing a lot of concern in the Financial Times Jonathan Guthrie knows exactly what he’s doing winding up what Rachel Reeves is calling those with the “broadest shoulders”. Jonathan knows that … Continue reading
Rachel and Torsten plan raid on pension national insurance perks
Steve Webb has this to say. I don’t normally pay too much attention to pre-Budget speculation, but this one in the Telegraph has the ring of truth about it, especially just a few weeks before the Budget. Capping (but probably … Continue reading
McPhail lays into Bell over mandation
Ed Miliband is no longer the most dangerous man in government Forget the energy secretary, it’s the minister rewriting pension rules and lending a hand on the budget that you need to worry about Tom McPhail Since Labour took power … Continue reading