Tag Archives: pensions freedom

Cridland and the price of state dependency

Posted on March 23, 2017 by henry tapper

  John Cridland’s consultation report into the state pension age, commissioned by Ros Altmann and delivered today, does not say quite what the modernisers wanted it to. Accelerated pension ages and the scrapping of the triple lock deliver a double … Continue reading →

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Free to overpay tax?? – what kind of freedom is that?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by henry tapper

Question – when is a freedom a pension freedom? Answer- when its got a big tax-bill attached! The pensions minister Ros Altmann has said the government’s proposals to tax pensions in a similar way to individual savings accounts could be … Continue reading →

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