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Are the conservatives the party for pensioners?
The Conservatives are due to talk this morning about how they can justify their claim that they are the party for pensioners. Look forward to promises to; Maintain the triple lock Increase the pensioners tax-free allowance from £6000 to … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, IFS, long term care, pensioners, spending, Tax, welfare
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How pensions restrain public sector pay and services.
The latest discussions about how we will manage the nation’s finances are focussing on public sector pay.Nick Clegg tells us that his party will make sure wages would rise in real terms for two years from 2016, and then … Continue reading
Scrap the LifeTime Allowance – for hard working people!
The Conservatives say they want to reward hard working people. I’d like to thing they include me in that number. They want to appoint Ros Altmann to help us educate ourselves in finances, I’d like to think I’ve been educating … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, George Osborne, hard working, hardworking people, Labour, Liberals, Lifetime allowance, pensions, Ros Altmann, Tories
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One week on- how was “freedom” for you?
More questions than answers The Pension PlayPen met as usual in the Counting House to discuss our experiences of Pension Freedom to date. The consensus – more questions than answers. Call volumes to the insurers have over-shadowed what the Government … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, freedoms. pension playpen, Labour, Lunch, pensions, Tories, Treasury
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It’s all about Steve Webb – stupid!
Pensions Question Time at the PPI Last night the Pension Policy Institute held a meeting to discuss the impact of next week’s budget on pensions. Expertly chaired by Paul Lewis, it turned out to be a meeting demonstrating the paucity … Continue reading