Tag Archives: Ros Altmann

Why a new pensions commission would fail

Posted on January 18, 2020 by

There’s a call from our current pensions minister to set up another pension commission like we had fifteen years ago.  That commission was a success as it resulted in progressive policies like auto-enrolment and made us sit up and think … Continue reading →

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Let the Lady speak for me (on Brexit)

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

I was a silent remainer. I have been a Liberal most of my life, voted Liberal in #GE2019 and am proud to know Ros Altmann and Gina Miller as friends. Yesterday I bowed in front of the Throne in the … Continue reading →

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A pension tax- relief debate (beats Love Island any Sunday)

Posted on January 13, 2020 by

While the nation was working out Dancing on Ice and the new #loveisland line-up,  I was engaged in an intellectual arm-wrestle with amongst others, Mike Otsuka, John Ralfe, Sam Pickford, Steve Bee and (in the stands) Ros Altmann. The topic, … Continue reading →

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How the UK could lead the world – supporting older people.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

Josephine Cumbo continues to write with precision about the need for reform of the pension taxation system. If you can’t read her latest article, perhaps you should think of subscribing to the FT – at least to read her output … Continue reading →

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Ros is right – birthday card’s get read – and so does she.

Posted on January 8, 2020 by

Plenty of us have been thinking about how to make that annual statement that we get about our pensions stick in our minds, so that we understand what we have. One person speaks to and for the nation on pensions … Continue reading →

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Right in principle – wrong in practice. Ros Altmann’s tax reforms need more work

Posted on January 7, 2020 by

  Ros Altmann is bang on the money when proposing we link healthcare and pensions in her most recent blog The big picture policy issue for the UK is how to afford a healthcare system that is free at the … Continue reading →

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What would BREXIT mean to workplace pensions?

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

  Europe has a great deal of influence on UK pensions; the influence includes fund reporting, funding requirements, reserving against risk and even competition between service providers. This can have very strange results. The reason that NEST has such a … Continue reading →

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How does my son feel about being 75?

Posted on August 22, 2019 by

There had to be a point for Ian Duncan Smith running a summer scare story around pushing the state pension age to 75. We have just been through a lengthy consultation and review of the state pension age. It culminated … Continue reading →

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Time to tackle pensions tax

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

Pension taxation isn’t working. It is benefiting those who find it easy to save and not incentivising those who don’t. It is causing doctors to work below their peak capacity and demanding up to 25% more in contributions from our … Continue reading →

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Who are these pension delinquents?

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Pension delinquents The weekend has seen a fair bit of interest in pension saving. This morning’s Wake up to Money featured Ros Altmann celebrating 10m new savers auto-enrolled into workplace pensions. Sunday’s lead story was Amber Rudd’s threat that she … Continue reading →

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