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- @rosaltmann However responsibly you promote CETVs - your support will be promoted unscrupulously.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…thanks 52 minutes ago
- @JohnRalfe1 @markjrowlinson @rosaltmann @AndrewWMoore @rosaltmann Remember ASW? Does this sound familiar?… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…thanks 57 minutes ago
- @JohnRalfe1 @markjrowlinson @rosaltmann @AndrewWMoore "in deficit" is of course a contentious phrase #FABI… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…thanks 59 minutes ago
- @JohnRalfe1 @markjrowlinson @rosaltmann @AndrewWMoore Many schemes see CETVs as their cheapest risk to de-risk; sma… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…thanks 1 hour ago
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Tag Archives: Labour
This blogger’s a reluctant Tory
Some year’s ago, Mrs May reminded the Conservatives that some people thought them the nasty party, this election she’s reminded us that they are the hapless party. They have been opposed by a Labour Party who’s policies are under-costed … Continue reading
Organising labour
“I don’t care where you do it, how you do it , when you do it – as long as the f-ing work gets done”. My first boss. Of course he didn’t mean it- I soon found that flexible working … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Flex, Flexi time, Labour, Organising, pensions, Technology, unions, Work
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A sad year – when only Tories count.
I am going to the Conservative party conference, I am not going to the freak show in Liverpool and I don’t even know when the Liberals are convening. I have limited time on my hands to understand Government but I … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Conference, Conservative, Frank Field, Labour, Liberals, pensins, pension, Politics, Ros Altmann, Tories, Treasury
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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
Why Corbynism is radical (and what it means for pensions)
The most tweeted action of Corbyn’s first 24 hours as Labour leader was to choose to go to a constituency engagement rather than go on the Andrew Marr show. For Labour apparatchnick schooled in two decades of Blairite PR and … Continue reading
Posted in consultant, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Politics
Tagged advice, Andrew Marr, British politicians, Chris Siers, Con Keating, corporate risk, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, Financial services, George Kirrin, Government, Hilary Salt, Jeremy Corbyn, John Mcdonnell, Labour, Labour leader, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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Pensions, benefits and taxes – the political illusionist’s playthings (ace guest blog from Ruth Gilbert)
Perception is reality. The reality is perception will drive voting choices. Voting choices will drive a reality which does not match the perceptions. We think we’re wise to this, but still we get blind-sided and the surprise is rarely a … Continue reading
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
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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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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