Tag Archives: state pension

Actuaries! Talk with us – don’t argue with each other.

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

  There’s a  silly letter in the FT this week which I print in full.  Sir, Jo Cumbo’s report “Mortality update bodes well for pension deficits” (May 4) refers to an assertion by PwC that slowing mortality improvements could reduce UK … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb and the triple lock – muddy waters!

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

  Here’s that Royal London press release, calling for State Pensions to be reduced and contributions to private pensions to increase. Royal London has set out a three point plan for the key pension priorities of an incoming government, including … Continue reading →

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Time to dig this Government out of its hole?

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

Tax, national insurance and pensions policy should be put in a vault marked “toxic” and should be handled with extreme caution. This morning I have three toxic issues to prove my point. The fiasco of announcing an increase in national insurance … Continue reading →

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Are pensions in crisis?

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

There has been talk of late of pensions in crisis. Infact the opposite may be true. Pensions may finally be getting back on their feet. News that the retired tycoon – Philip Green has made a voluntary contribution of £363m … Continue reading →

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Too Expensive to Keep? Is it time to break our promises to the baby boomers?

Posted on September 21, 2016 by

In a stunning lecture delivered without notes to a “senior” audience at the Oxford and Cambridge Club last night, Paul Johnson helped us ask these questions of ourselves. For his audience was by and large – precisely the entitled class … Continue reading →

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Where does all the money go?

Posted on August 27, 2016 by

Ok guy – have a look at this picture. It’s a very odd way of looking at money (especially the cash benefits – which for most will be the various family, disability and general living allowances). But it makes its … Continue reading →

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Should we block the triple lock?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by

  Ros Altmann speaks out (shock!) We now have three former  pension ministers making a lot more noise than our current pension minister. Ros Altmann who we are now realising never should have done the jog Steve Webb who should … Continue reading →

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Radical proposals to tell us what our pension’s worth

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

This is one of those blogs (good though it is) where the comments are a whole lot better! Please come for the blog and stay for the comments. This might be a good time to sign up to comment yourself, your views … Continue reading →

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Let the canny worm lie?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by

The problem with cans of worms is that the cans degrade and in the end the worms get out, and cause a stink. Over the weekend, the Telegraph that acts as a professional “worm can opener” has been turning its … Continue reading →

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#WASPI – did we fail in our duty of care?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by

The WASPI debate that will happen tomorrow is of some significance. Not only will parliament be debating the particular circumstances of a particular group of women, they will be deciding whether the duty of care Government has, to keep its … Continue reading →

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