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“Dearie me”; is the national insurance fund -“a fund”- an “accounting convention” or a fraud?
This blog moves from a tax- moan about someone who could no better, to a defence of how we pay elder people from taxation. Thanks to regular commentator “Dearieme” and Derek Scott and thanks to Ben Wilkinson who got this … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Wilkinson, Dearieme, DWP, Exchequer, Funding, National Insurance, state, the Times
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Triple Lock Revisited : Approximate Costs over 15 Years From 2024/5 -Jon Spain
Revisited : Approximate Costs Over 15 Years From 2024/25 Outline understanding large numbers triple lock background major UK state expenditure 2024/25 UK state pension pensioner population triple lock definition wages growth prices growth random numbers used results conclusions Understanding … Continue reading
Bec Wilson wants an Epic Retirement – 10.30 am today (click for details).
To join the coffee morning click here at 10.30 today (23rd Sept) This lady is helping us digest pensions on the Pension Playpen’s coffee morning on Tuesday 23rd September (Today). Click here for entry I’ve spoken to a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Bec Wilson, financial planning, pension playpen, state, UK
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Aussie’s secret jewel on epic retirement – Bec TOMORROW Tuesday!
This lady is helping us digest pensions on the Pension Playpen’s coffee morning on Tuesday 23rd September (Tomorrow – Tuesday). Click here for entry I’ve spoken to a few times on the web and spent too long on her site. … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Bec Wilson, financial planning, pension playpen, state, UK
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Bec Wilson unveils the best kept secret in retirement planning.
This lady is helping us digest pensions on the Pension Playpen’s coffee morning on Tuesday 23rd September (next Tuesday). Click here for entry I’ve spoken to a few times on the web and spent too long on her site. Next … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Bec Wilson, financial planning, pension playpen, state, UK
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PC1 put pensions back on track. Will PC2 finish the job?
Thanks to Peter Cameron-Brown for reminding me of where the pensions industry was in 2005 when the original Pensions Commission (PC1) was announcing its findings. This is the NAPF’s (now Pensions UK’s) response to “Turner”. Reading it 20 years later … Continue reading
The impact of inflation on those with lowest pensions.
Inflation is at a thirty year high. It will hurt the poor much harder than the rich. This is why. Woke up this morning to the radio talking about the cost of living rising a further 5%. It infuriates me … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic State Pension, benefits, CDC, Drawdown, state, state benefits
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Chile’s pension expectations dashed – what can we learn?
In the early 1980s Chile became the first OECD nation to switch from a Pay as you go pension system to a system dependent on private pensions. True the long-tail of state liabilities isn’t due to end till 2045 but … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, auto enrolment, Chile, compulsion, pensions, pinochet, state, state pension
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