Tag Archives: Cameron
Has a robot changed advice for ever?
Below are the questions I’ve been asked to address next month at the Pension and Benefit Conference. I hope that when robots go to grammar school, they’ll be able to do a little better framing the question! The framing of the … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Business, Cameron, Cost, IFA, pensions, robo-advice, Transparency
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The Transparency Zeitgeist is upon us
I am a frugal man, the £3.50 I paid for this morning’s FT was grudgingly passed to my newsagent. But I wanted to capture the headline and read about Josephine’s reporting of a meeting with my friends Andy Agethangelou and … Continue reading
We’re so not in this together
All in it together….unless of course we opt-out of UK taxation and manage our tax affairs through a Panamanian company which we own through bearer shares. Jolly wheezes for the boys For the past few weeks , Britain has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting Web, Business, Cameron, Dickie Roper, Financial services, Mossack Fonseca, Night Manager, Panorama, pensions, Retirement, Tax
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Britain unproductive? Small wonder!
“Now is not the time to change pensions tax relief”. The words of the Treasury’s press release that spelt the end of radical pensions reform (for now). Oh what an opportunity missed – and for what? To keep a party … Continue reading
Boris has spoken…
At around 4.45 on a windy Sunday afternoon, Boris shuffled onto a London pavement and delivered the news that he was supporting Brexit and joining Vote Leave. If you haven’t seen the clip (on the Sky news twitter … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, Cameron, EU, Osborne, Politics, Prime Minister
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We got scared
When the pencil was in my hand and I stared at those boxes, I must admit that I was scared. Not that it stopped me from voting for the party that I believed in, but because of the responsibility of … Continue reading
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Tagged #ge2015, Cameron, Clegg, conservative Government, conservative party, Farage, Milliban, Steve Webb
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Labour in a kilt? – Pensions, politics and plagiarism
The SNP’s manifesto is a pretty shameless cut and paste of labour party policy. If your hit single was covered by your biggest rival and it was they that got the royalties when it went to #1, you’d be pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Cameron, Clegg, Conservative, Ed Milliband, Financial services, Labour, Liberals, pension playpen, pensions, Plagiarism, Politics, Retirement, SNP, Sturgeon
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No Prime Minister! guest blog from Ralph Frank
The Prime Minister focused on the long-term nature of the 2015 Budget in a recent piece he published in the Sunday Times. He saw the Budget as “rewarding those who work hard and do the right thing. For too long, … Continue reading
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Tagged Budget, Cameron, Government, Income Tax relief, LA, Osbourne, pensioner, pensions, Retirement, Tax, Tax allowance
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Imaginary terror exposed
The decision by the House of Commons not to agree (even in principle) to Britain’s military intervention in Syria was surprising and uplifting. There will be three immediate consequences. 1. We will not open yet another front on the war … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Consolation, Syria, welfare
Tagged Cameron, chemical weapons, Hague, parliament, Syria, terror, terrorism, war
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