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Is this the best that the insurance lobby can do?
The insurance lobby have teamed up with Pensions UK and the right wing press to derail the pension schemes bill. They have landed on a Clause 40 which gives any Government the opportunity to demand money is invested for … Continue reading
Is there no opposition to the Bill at this “crossroads in pension policy?”
Mel Stride as Shadow Chancellor and Kemi Badenoch Shadow Prime Minister made two speeches from what is still the Opposition to this Government this week. Stride was head of Work and Pensions in Government, you wouldn’t guess it. He had … Continue reading
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Tagged Badenoch, Conservatives, Dice, Farage, McPhail, Pensions, reform, stride
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We need a new Government after pension’s wasted decade
I expect that there are still people who think that a further Conservative Government is desirable or even possible, but I am not one of them. The last five years of Conservative rule have proved not just a disaster for … Continue reading
Polls lie – votes don’t – why did we vote this way?
The people of England voted against the Conservatives on Thursday – they were unified in that. Those people were not so clear about the alternative, Labour picked up over 500 seats lost, the Liberals over 400 and the Greens close … Continue reading
Truss closes on Mordaunt, Sunak staying on in third.
With the Tory leadership campaign continuing to look a three horse race, the gap between the fillies is narrowing while the colt continues to stay on at one pace and is now a clear third in the betting. On the … Continue reading
We get what we vote for – 15 years of Tory rule.
A defining moment for the Conservative party. We have voted in a Conservative Government and by the end of 2024 we will have pretty well fifteen years with a Conservative Prime Minister. The Labour party has made just one gain … Continue reading
Let these politicians do some work!
We have had so many referendums and elections and leadership battles and cabinet reshuffles over the past two years, that politicians may have forgotten they are here to govern the country. We elect 650 people every five years to do … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, contracted in, Labour, Liberal, pensions, Politics, WASPI
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The problems of old age didn’t “go away in May”.
Back in May, the Conservatives said they were going to do something about the problems Britain has with an ageing population and insufficient preparation for their extreme old age. Instead of introducing radical reform, as their manifesto promised, they backed … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre for the Modern Family, Conservatives, cost of care, Jane Curtis, long term care, Social care, Theresa May
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So Labour’s given us a choice-what’s wrong with that?
“gone are the days when your party can be any colour you like so long as it’s blue” I am not going to the Labour party conference but I am going to the Conservative conference in Birmingham next week. I … Continue reading
For Ros Altmann, the best is yet to come.
Ros Altmann is our new pension minister, this is unequivocally good news. For years people have been poking fun at Ros Altmann for her claims to be a Government Advisor. Between 2001 and 2005 she was an advisor to no … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Conservatives, corporate governance, David Cameron, David Gauke, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pension minister, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Wise, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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