Extending time horizons can ease short-term funding pressure, but it shifts risk toward younger members. Reform should make those intergenerational…
I've just come across this letter from Smithers, covering DB pensions in general and the USS in particular. https://smithers.co.uk/extending-the-liabilities-time-horizon-is-key-to-pensions-reform/
Great. A chance to nit-pick something from Steve Webb. The Married Woman’s Option finished in 1977, not 1978. SERPS was…
I was told by the Pensions Service, that if I divorced my husband before I retired, I would get a…
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A dozen or a baker’s dozen for arguments for and against WASPI (pt. 94)
Well I see no point either… Tom’s arguments are laid out in the Times and are straightforward. I mark agreement green “agree”, orange “maybe” and “red” , I don’t agree. Overall, I can’t agree with the Government wasting more time … Continue reading
The hope people have of getting better paid when they stop working.
For most people, the pension they get is something from the State, which they can find from a link advertised by the DWP. If you haven’t worked out your entitlement and when it’s coming your way, you can click here … Continue reading
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Patrick Bloomfield did not die for nothing- Smith and Miles – a tribute.
Patrick Bloomfield died two years ago, his legacy is strong, young and bold. Patrick Bloomfield inspired Jamie Smith and and Alexandra Miles to deliver a lecture and then a report. Now one half of the Smith/Miles combo appears on Darren … Continue reading
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Freezing the Italian state pension age for political reasons? Goodness!
The FT’s Amy Kazmin has provided us with an excellent analysis of the political issues surrounding the state pension age in Italy. We have a review of the state pension age in the UK and it is due to pronounce … Continue reading
For the state pension to increase – “every one does something every day”.
The increase of cost is one way to look at the increase in the state pension, getting to the benefit it should have been is another, We should remember that this was the period when the WASPI women had … Continue reading
The reassurance of a state pension in a golden age for pensioners
I’m very glad for reassurance as issued by that good man Robert Cochran It is very important that people to continue to have confidence in their pensions in general and in what the state pension offers. In the comment are … Continue reading
2023 was “not the time” – is now ripe for state pension change?
Dr Suzi Morrissey has been called up to look at the State pension 4 years since Baroness Neville Rolfe had a look in 2021 Here is what happened to that review. “Now is not the time!” was the message from … Continue reading
Reeves will kick AE review 8 more years down the road
Hats off to Rachel Mortimer and Jack Simpson of the Times, who have been digging in advance of Rachel Reeves announcement on phase 2 of the Government’s pension review. Pension 1 is the Pension Schemes Bill, stage 2 sounds like … Continue reading
People want lifetime income, let’s make it simple for them.
If you speak to most people about pensions there is only one thing in their mind, an income that takes over when they retire and provides security for the rest of their life. We have made life a lot harder … Continue reading
WASPI frustrated by the lack of a next step
The WASPI women’s explanation to the Work and Pensions Committee over their claim for compensation for their injustice didn’t meet with universal approval, the above photo is representative of the body language of one of the members of that committee. … Continue reading
When taxation is retroactive it will change behaviour. Be careful with envy focused legislation promote real solutions to British poor…