For younger readers, MIRAS was Mortgage Interest Relief at Source. A scheme allowing UK homeowners to receive tax relief on…
We bought our present house more than forty years ago. The newspapers all said "Buy as expensive a house as…
The RF approach is probably close to what Andy Burnham would like to happen, but the mood music at present…
The economic background is challenging and guidance can be found in the recent report The RF report’s key findings are:…
Tag Archives: Labour
More in common with each other…
I enjoy disagreeing with Steve Groves but I like agreeing with him more. That’s a very simplistic analysis by your standard. 1. Corbyn lost by 3m votes, Starmer won by 3m. 2. Partly as there were fewer parties in the … Continue reading
Why does our MP’s pension scheme not invest in the UK?
The most interesting thing of an interesting article by Patrick Hosking in the Times is not that less than 1% of the MP’s contributory scheme is invested in UK equities but that there is literally “no comment” on this from … Continue reading
Labour’s private equity tax puzzler
It’s a rich person’s problem how to minimise tax. Private Equity managers are rich and they stay rich by managing their tax affairs, as they are entitled to , by using non-dom tax concessions and having their revenue taxed as … Continue reading
Is Labour closer to Conservative than Union pension policy?
Much as both the Unions and the Labour Shadow Front Bench would like the answer to that question to be “yes”, it is infact “no”. The Trade Unions are pursuing a public sector agenda that focusses on LGPS, … Continue reading
What are Labour going to do about pensions?
If there is a Labour Pensions Agenda for the next Government , I haven’t seen it yet . But I have seen the TUC’s agenda for the Trade Union Pension Conference today and it doesn’t look like this. It … Continue reading
Labour’s “securenomics” spell Long Term Assets not Life Time Allowance
If Edmund Truell had been the next Labour Chancellor (unlikely), I would have expected him to have produced a pension policy paper called “Financing Growth”. Four years ago, as the Labour party recovered from one of its worst election defeats, … Continue reading
Reeves’ bold plans for pensions will challenge the ABI
Rachel Reeves is proposing to shake up Britain’s pension system as part of a three-pronged plan aimed at boosting the economy’s sluggish growth rate if Labour wins the next election. The shadow chancellor wants more of the money saved for … Continue reading
Is Labour ready to manage the pensions brief?
It has been so long since the Labour party had a pensions campaign that I can remember that I had almost forgot they existed. Jonathan Ashworth has exited stage right and is being replaced by Liz Kendall as shadow work … Continue reading
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Tagged Labour, Leicester Liz, Liz Kendall, Matt Rodda, Shadow minister
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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
Labour should pick its fights – capping people’s pensions should not be one of them
Labour says re-instating the #pensions lifetime cap would be prudent for the nation’s finances. via @telegraph https://t.co/Q0j0P07OtU — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) April 23, 2023 There are many things wrong with our pensions system, but removing a cap on people’s pensions … Continue reading
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Tagged Labour, LTA, Matt Rodda, Pension Policy, Pensions, Rachel Reeves, Reynolds
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Yes - but particularly in terms of pensions we need to support existing employers and help them thrive and grow.…