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For Government, “the less said about WASPI – the better”.

Here’s a reminder of @JosephineCumbo’s research showing the excellent job done by the national press in communicating rises to women’s state pension age. It must have been very hard to miss the extensive coverage. #WASPI https://t.co/eFSD66zwfx — Moira O’Neill (@MoiraONeill) … Continue reading

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May Christmas bring you more “retirement years”

Happy Christmas Day!   2022 has brought us one guy who has filled us with good cheer. Stefan Lundberg is that man and over the Christmas period I want to republish a few of his great articles and blogs of … Continue reading

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Bad language gives pensions a bad name.

Yesterday a financial journalist called about a confusing e-mail she had seen showing changes to a friend’s pension plan The letter was trying to explain how the friend’s fund management would change – to give her freedom and choice in … Continue reading

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What’s the point of disclosure if it never gets seen?

Jo Cumbo has been writing some interesting pieces ( https://www.ft.com/content/787ad06e-7e7b-11e6-bc52-0c7211ef3198)  on how what we need to know about our retirement savings can be delivered to us as we want it. We get our shopping or our meals to our door if … Continue reading

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“A bit of a balls up- to be frank!”

If you turn left out of the back of the Treasury and walk down to Caxton Street you’ll find the offices of the DWP. If you turn right out of Caxton Street, you’ll come to the Treasury, it’s a five minute … Continue reading

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Time is the new currency of information

Sometime this week, Paul Lewis announced he had more “followers” than the Independent newspaper had “readers”. I thought that telling. I read the Indy, but mainly from @simonread ‘s tweets and I probably read more BBC stuff through @paulewismoney than … Continue reading

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