Tag Archives: Laura Trott

Small pension pots get a “central consolidator” – payroll breathe easy!

Posted on July 15, 2023 by henry tapper

The Government has at last taken a decision on small pots. It is the right decision.  Employers choose pensions ,  payroll is not a pensions clearing house.   I’ve written several times about the need to auto-combine small workplace pension … Continue reading →

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A* for consultation on “at retirement” options. Trott nails it.

Posted on July 14, 2023 by henry tapper

In 2022 the Government ran a call for evidence  This call for evidence has been launched to explore what support members of pension schemes need to help them make informed decisions about how to use their savings. It will also … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb – “what is the Government trying to do?”

Posted on July 12, 2023 by henry tapper

Speaking with considerable modesty, Steve Webb addressed the Pension PlayPen the morning after the night of the Mansion House Speech.  Although not at the event in person, he was there in spirit , referenced by Jeremy Hunt in his speech … Continue reading →

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Trott plans to revive ambition within DB pensions.

Posted on July 12, 2023 by henry tapper

When Laura Trott arrived in post she called up a few people who Guy Opperman had suggested to her and told them she intended to narrow the difference between DB and DC outcomes. I was one of them. Frankly, I … Continue reading →

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A Treasury pension intervention that’s not about tax

Posted on July 10, 2023 by henry tapper

No wonder Laura Trott has been quiet on private pension reform lately, she has a megaphone rather better than Big Zuu A central plank of the reforms that will be unveiled tonight by Jeremy Hunt will be the VFM Framework … Continue reading →

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We cannot be world beating unless we take financial risk with our capital

Posted on June 12, 2023 by henry tapper

Martin Woolf, begins his latest opinion piece in the FT As a result of a series of narrow, short-sighted and overly theoretical decisions, the UK has ended up with a pensions system that is incapable of generating the supply of … Continue reading →

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Pensions and the political endgame

Posted on June 12, 2023 by henry tapper

  Pensions doesn’t exist in a political vacuum. The Government is currently in deep trouble with the electorate and looking to do serious things with pensions to prove that it can be innovative with our money. It is being expedient, … Continue reading →

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The Gender Pension Gap dwarfed by impact of not getting a DB pension

Posted on June 6, 2023 by henry tapper

Great to see @DWP publishing an official estimate of the size of the gender pension gap. This has been the first action that @ProspectUnion has called for in every report we have done on the issue. Much credit to Laura … Continue reading →

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Victory for Mum’s a feather in Laura Trott’s cap. Hats off to Steve Webb

Posted on April 28, 2023 by henry tapper

The Government appears to have listened to Steve Webb who has been fighting a one man campaign on behalf of mothers who – due to the complexity of child benefit rules, were in danger of losing credits for state pensions … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson could learn to answer questions from Laura Trott.

Posted on March 23, 2023 by henry tapper

Yesterday brought the nation’s attention to the work of select committees, mainly due to the “grilling” of Boris Johnson by the Parliamentary Privilege’s Committee. It was hard not to notice just how professional that Committee behaved, how well briefed it … Continue reading →

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