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A fillip for pensions – mimicking Canada; Reeves pushes for UK investment
I’m picking up on an FT story this morning as I have been following this news live through Mary and Greg McClymont. You can read the story here Rachel Reeves will launch an initiative next week with 20 of … Continue reading
Reeves ignores pension adequacy as she settles down the markets.
If you want to hear what Rachel Reeves said and didn’t say in her Mansion House speech, you can watch it on yesterday’s blog which includes access to what the Treasury posted on Linked in (the lot). Muna Abdi was … Continue reading
How to read the Pension Schemes Bill – start with the Roadmap!
The big, beautiful (pensions) bill has been introduced to the @HouseofCommons this afternoon pic.twitter.com/VFZrPN2kdA — Torsten Bell (@TorstenBell) June 5, 2025 Two documents that will shape private and public pensions for the next decade Yesterday saw two documents published that … Continue reading
Are NICs saved by salary sacrifice too much for Reeves, Paul Lewis thinks so!
Salary sacrifice investigation bit.ly/4khiyZA about time. It is a benefit for middle class professionals to avoid NICs on pension contributions and tax and NICs on buying a bicycle, joining a gym, buying a car or home computer, childcare, store cards, … Continue reading
The Guardian’s and my pension advice to Reeves .
I was pleased yesterday to read the Guardian article below. The Guardian in its opinion piece on pensions , included a link to something that I wrote last year which you can read again by pressing on the emboldened … Continue reading
We’ve got a £1.6tr framework to make Britain Great again
Oops , sorry about my plea for some morale support yesterday, I have slept properly and hope to agree a way forward today. I wondered for a brief moment whether I should pack it in! I mention this because … Continue reading
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You can’t wait for Reeves tomorrow? PM Starmer on Pensions tonight..
A press release has been issued by the Prime Minister’s office. Here it is. So you thought that pensions were a quiet backwater? Think again. If you were waiting for Rachel Reeves growth speech on Wednesday, you’ve missed the point. … Continue reading
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“Stop focussing on budgets, concentrate on investment” – Reeves is right
Given the threat posed to her precarious fiscal plan by sluggish growth, Reeves has told the Treasury to stop focusing on Budgets and concentrate on boosting investment instead. It is necessary to get on with it. We cannot regulate … Continue reading
Reeves’ bold plans for pensions will challenge the ABI
Rachel Reeves is proposing to shake up Britain’s pension system as part of a three-pronged plan aimed at boosting the economy’s sluggish growth rate if Labour wins the next election. The shadow chancellor wants more of the money saved for … Continue reading
Are pensions ready to invest in £50bn “future growth fund”?
Labour ready to force #pensions to invest in £50bn ‘future growth fund’ https://t.co/UAvne2I7JE — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) May 22, 2023 The story is the FT’s digital headline and is garnering hundreds of comments, almost all of which are opposed … Continue reading