Tag Archives: Labour
Why has the left – left pensions?
Sad to say, I doubt that more than a tiny percentage of my readership, let alone the general public know who Labour’s shadow pension minister is. Since Gregg McClymont lost his Cumbernauld seat in 2015, the post has been occupied … Continue reading
Let’s get USS done!
What does the Trustee do? Ask a 7 year old what a Trustee does and a 7 year old would say “do trust”. This is the verdict of chapter 7 of the second Joint Expert Panel on the Trustee of … Continue reading
WASPI – thoughts on fairness
I’m going to use this blog to pick out the key points arising from the restitution offer made by Labour to the WASPI women. My conclusion is that this matter is best dealt with in the light of the determination … Continue reading
Conservative manifesto best on pensions
Fantastic news that today’s Conservative Manifesto includes a commitment to look at the pensions net pay anomaly. I hope all other parties will now make the same commitment. pic.twitter.com/4MUXrwlDCE — Adrian Boulding (@AdrianBoulding) November 24, 2019 Adrian , along with … Continue reading
Posted in #WASPI, advice gap, age wage, NHS, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Manifesto, net pay anomaly, net-pay, pensions
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What hope should WASPI take from political promises?
A very complex issue This is not a blog about the rights or wrongs of WASPI, it is simply a statement about party political promises to women in the UK , born in the nineteen fifties. Their case is made … Continue reading
“Introducing Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pension schemes in the UK” – CDC roundtables in Brighton and Manchester
This invitation came to me from the PMI (thanks Tim Middleton) and I imagine that many people who live in Brighton of Manchester might like to go to one of these meetings, if so – as they are public and … Continue reading
A time of trust – not guarantees.
About the time that I was ranting to TISA about the complacency with which we are dismantling the retirement promises made to those who were promised a DB pension based on the years they worked with the company;- this happened! … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, DWP, FSA, Music, pensions
Tagged alex Cunningham, annuity, BHS, BSPS, DWP, FCA, Frank Field, Labour, pensions, Royal Mail, TPR, USS
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“Glass half-full please!”
Glass half empty Imagine you are heading the motor industry’s trade body and you put out a statement telling the public that small cars are unsafe. It would be true in as much as tanks rarely come off worse in … Continue reading
Labour adopts CDC for good retirement outcomes
This week , the Labour Party’s list of policies became one longer when shadow pension minister Alex Cunningham announced that reviving the mothballed secondary legislation to enable collective defined contribution schemes would happen under a future Labour Government. A few … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged CDC, first actuarial, Hilary Salt, Jack Cunningham, Labour, pensions
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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
Posted in pensions, Politics, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions, Retirement
Tagged Conservatives, contracted in, Labour, Liberal, pensions, Politics, WASPI
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