Tag Archives: politics
Today is for tomorrow, today we start again – VOTE
Two hour before the polls open and I am sitting in my flat in the City of London waiting to vote. My eye is caught by an article in the FT – “How the Conservatives lost hold of the South” … Continue reading
“We stand on the threshold of a landmark election” – Chris Mason
This is the headline the BBC’s Chris Mason gave to his pre-election blog which he told Newscast voters he thought up in the middle seat of a car careering around Britain following our political leaders. He told listeners to the … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Davey, Green Party, politics, Starmer, Sunak, UK general election
Leave a comment
Pension tax-relief needs re-branding as “matching”.
We are due after July 4th, a general review of pensions, which has got the big guns at the IFS excited and top gun- Steve Webb (ex IFS) very excited indeed. So excited that he has gone to press (FT … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, incentives, pension, Pension new, Pensions, politics, Retirement, Steve Webb, tax-relief
2 Comments
Tory’s phoney pension promise exposed by LCP
This article appears in i this morning and is written by Deputy Money Editor Callum Mason. I subscribe to i and suggest you do too – by pressing this link. More than one in five pensioners would still pay tax … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pensions, politics, Steve Webb, triple-lock plus
6 Comments
Risk-free politics is a real turn-off!
OMG this election is a yawn! The weary drone of Rishi Sunak’s rain soaked prophecy “now is the moment for Britain to choose its future” is in the dim and distant. At the time the Tories were 21% behind … Continue reading
Whatever became of inter-generational solidarity?
Intergenerational solidarity is best understood within the context of shared expectations and obligations regarding the ageing of individuals and the succession of generations. This contract across generations and age groups represents the norms operating at the micro- and macro-levels of social … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Pensions, politics, Retirement
1 Comment
Will the new inequalities of Dutch pension prove easier to stomach than the old ones?
The Dutch pension reforms will involve the transfer of all accrued and future DB pension rights to the new DC system, without the consent of the member. “It is by no means certain that each member will benefit” from this … Continue reading
Will the PLSA recognise the pension investment agenda has changed?
For a second time in a row, a PLSA Conference will take place at a time of national debate about the impact of pension investment on the economy. The last Conference in October coincided with the BOE’s purchase period of … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Pension new, Pensions, PLSA, politics, Retirement
1 Comment
Politicised pensions become anti-social.
Rishi Sunak has been trying to explain the budget’s pension reforms to the BBC and he’s not been doing a good job of it. “This is about cutting waiting lists…we need our best doctors, our experienced doctors, we need them … Continue reading
Opperman and Stride give pensions a dream result.
Social media never sleeps 20.06: Guy Opperman appointed MoS at DWP This announcement had yet to appear on the Government’s Ministerial website , the headline is from Order Order – the unofficial news channel for the Westminster Village, Breaking news came from … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged DWP, Guy Opperman, LDI, Mel Stride, Pensions, politics, Steve Webb, Treasury
Leave a comment