Tag Archives: Budget

Digesting the budget’s five course meal with Torsten Bell

Posted on November 1, 2026 by henry tapper

A hope in every chart – 5 charts for every heart from our Pension Minister Continue reading →

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How workers can avoid “fiscal drag” using pensions – Martin Lewis !

Posted on October 30, 2026 by henry tapper

The budget should be encouraging unions, advisers and employers to talk with staff who know from  Martin Lewis about fiscal drag,  to do their retirement saving in pension plans. Continue reading →

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1m employees will get energy style payments for overpayment into pensions.

Posted on October 29, 2026 by henry tapper

The Government’s 12 year rip off of 1m underpaid pension payers is coming to an end Continue reading →

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Haldane’s right, and private business needs priming with pension money

Posted on October 20, 2026 by henry tapper

Growth is the way we get out of high borrowing for projects we cannot yet afford. The Government hasn’t got the money, our pension funds have. Continue reading →

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Opperman sees growth for Britain by incentivising pension funds with tax-breaks

Posted on September 20, 2026 by henry tapper

Guy Opperman is a very good commentator on politics and here he is reporting on the prospects from a pension. He is a conservative politician trying to be balancing. On this pod he is in the company of people who … Continue reading →

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UK’s tech sector could be the best in Europe, but this timid budget won’t help

Posted on December 1, 2025 by henry tapper

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 →

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A budget that can only beat dismal expectations.

Posted on November 25, 2025 by henry tapper

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 →

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Budget – have your say on what YOU want; 10.30am today

Posted on November 25, 2025 by henry tapper

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 →

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Mrs Reeves and Pensions ; the full unexpurgated version

Posted on November 22, 2025 by henry tapper

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 →

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What is acceptable – what unacceptable – in pension taxation?

Posted on November 22, 2025 by henry tapper

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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