A perception that the self-employed don't like pensions is overstated as many of the self-employed save on their tax bills…
Hello Henry, Our insurers could do more for Britain etc Reference your sentences : '...For this means our pension funds…
Agreed JM. There is a philosophical gap over the respect of private property rights that fuels this, and more. I’ve…
Time to anticipate yet another raid on pension funds of the prudent. The magic bullet solutions just move the risk…
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The State can take longevity risk.
There is no evidence that the private sector has found the secret to insuring the cost of people living longer. It has merely found ways of insuring itself against the risks of ruin.
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Posted in ezra pound, NEST, poetry, Retirement
Tagged corporate risk, European Union, ezra pound, Financial services, Government, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, poetry, Politics, Private sector, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, The PEnsion Regulator
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Happiness and harm
Time will tell whether the Coalition Government has created a credible and sustainable system which allows us to measure and understand “government finances and the structure of the State”.
Posted in dc pensions, NEST, pensions, Retirement, Treasury
Tagged Basic State Pension, David Cameron, dc pensions, Diane Coyle, Economics, Frank Field, John Stuart Mill, NEST, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Poverty, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Treasury
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What has happened to our pensions?
Never before in the field of UK pensions has so much been done so quickly for so many. Continue reading
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Tagged Basic State Pension, Frank Field, Government, pension, pensions, public sector, Second State Pension, Steve Webb, Vince Cable
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Ivory towers
I make no apology for speaking from an ivory tower- well at least a glass one on the banks of the Thames in Brentford. Several friends went to the Union Conference last week and reported back the frustration of delegates struggling … Continue reading
Funded or not-pensions are pay- a re-blog of Steve Bee’s latest article
Funded or not, pensions are pay! Continue reading
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
It’s one thing to see off Brown and co, holed up in the Downing Street bunker, another to beat the beastly bosh lined up in the public sector trenches. Continue reading
Tagged Cameron, Clegg, eton rifles, Politics, public sector, st pauls, unions, westminster
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Gordon Aitken (and others) may disagree with you. gordonmaitken.substack.com/p/i-said-insurers-were-funding-british