Yes, follow-up on the many benefits of Auto-Enrollment with the benefits of Auto-Consolidation, with opt-outs again for the sophisticates who…
The great advantage of a DC pension controlled by the beneficiary is complete control over the cash flows during decumulation…
"Pensions that are linked to salaries and/or inflation pensions are largely extinct in the private sector because they are unaffordable."…
bp’s Code of Conduct states “Do the right thing” and “Be accountable and “We follow through on our promises.” Well…
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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
2030 and all that ..the income, wealth and pension strategy delivered to time
For those who like this kind of gesturing, the 2023 report by Torsten Bell’s Resolution Foundation (reporting on how to get Britain out of stagnation) has been marked the Economy 2030 Inquiry 2030 is also a staging date for the … Continue reading
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Torsten Bell to take charge of economic policy – now through to the budget.
The following report is from the New Statesman today and suggests that the pensions minister is going to take a prominent role in crafting the budget later in the year. Torsten Bell is to help lead Budget preparations as Rachel … Continue reading
This NI increase will cost as much as auto-enrolment
I listened to a podcast yesterday that had four men talking about the budget, One of them said that it was a “boring budget for pensions”. I thought about how little we know. We know about technicalities, the stuff of … Continue reading
Johnson the arsonist calls for fire-breaks
There is an irony in Paul Johnson’s article in the Times which I hope I capture in my tweet But remind me who started the speculation about the cropping of the pension tax-free lump sum and scrapping of IHT privileges … Continue reading
"falls in contribution rates have begun to emerge" The LGPS Survey 2026 undertaken by Room 151 in association with Schroders…