here’s what you’ve been saying
Tag Archives: Crisis
Can we really afford to retire?
That’s the question Michael Buerk has been asking those tuning into the second episode of Channel 5’s documentary on our retirement planning. 1.5m of us are working beyond the retirement age with 90% reliant on state benefits alone. One in … Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in pensions
Tagged Crisis, Felicity Hannah, Micahel Buerk, pension, pensions, Retirement
6 Comments
“Britain’s great pension crisis” – beware or despair?
Going out after the watershed, Channel 5’s two part exploration of how fit we are to retire, sits awkwardly between the Yorkshire Vet and Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways, not the kind of TV you’d watch unless you’re into Michael Buerk … Continue reading
Share this:
Averting a pensions crisis?
I’m on a panel of speakers at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland tonight. The title of our session is “averting a pensions crisis” and were it not the title of the worst album of the seventies, I’d be … Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, pensions
Tagged Crisis, ft, ICAS, MSW, pension, pensions
2 Comments
Are pensions in crisis?
There has been talk of late of pensions in crisis. Infact the opposite may be true. Pensions may finally be getting back on their feet. News that the retired tycoon – Philip Green has made a voluntary contribution of £363m … Continue reading
Share this:
Property (and who owns it)
Something out of nothing Two distantly related matter are troubling me this morning. The first is the ownership of intellectual property and the second the ownership of a shower cubicle. Let me talk about the shower cubicle first. I was … Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in pensions
Tagged Con Keating, Crisis, Dennis Leech, Downing Street, Homelessness, Homes, John woods, Ownership, pensions, ppf
Leave a comment
All that I admire
The main point of volunteering for Crisis at Christmas is to ease the pain of being homeless at this time of the year. But it also gives 11,000 people the chance to get to know each other without any of … Continue reading
Share this:
A tale so sad I cried writing it down
I had my Christmas lunch with Brian. Brian is homeless. He is 69. He will not use hostels or night-shelters as this would mean mixing with people who drink. He does not drink as his family was a … Continue reading
Share this:
Sobriety at Christmas
Crisis at Christmas Most of my 55 Chistmas’ have been “merry”, to the point of self-indulgence. This Christmas I am discovering that for other people, “merry” is a hard-earned word. Last night I saw people coming into Crisis At Christmas’ Bermondsey … Continue reading
