Tag Archives: Steve Webb

Can’t get to grips with collective pensions? LCP and Barbi-can!

Posted on September 17, 2026 by henry tapper

I’m sorry about the poor headline to this post but the Barbican was part of the experience of LCP’s DB conference yesterday. I’ll call it a collective pension conference as CDC crashed the party. It looks like LCP , the … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb explores how pensions help with bereavement – how should CDC deal with it?

Posted on September 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Steve Webb does not need introduction but the subjects he covers do – and he introduces ideas that may be new to us, no matter how we might like to consider ourselves pension experts! The first part of this blog … Continue reading →

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A solution for the gender pension gap from LCP

Posted on August 23, 2026 by henry tapper

There is an interesting idea floated by Steve Webb off the back of last week’s excellent article of the impact of getting divorced when close , at or beyond retirement The idea is simple and plays nicely to the worry … Continue reading →

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Divorce means pensioner poverty for many of a certain age

Posted on August 17, 2026 by henry tapper

Coping with the difference in lifestyle you face in retirement is one thing, maybe it’s not good for marriage. A high number of couples split up rather than go through a changed lifestyle – it would seem. While freedom from … Continue reading →

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Collective Defined Contribution Schemes – the “Shameful Missed Opportunity” of 2008!

Posted on June 7, 2026 by henry tapper

Here is An article by Kevin Wesbroom. I first published it on June 3rd 2014, just over 12 years ago. Kevin was then leading Aon’s thought leadership on DC . This reminds me how little had changed since six years … Continue reading →

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A quiet Kings Speech but pensions has some digestion to do.

Posted on May 14, 2026 by henry tapper

Pensions UK are right to put the emphasis on our getting secondary legislation right I hope we can put behind us arguments about fiduciary duty and focus on getting the important framework of the Pension Schemes Act , implemented in … Continue reading →

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When tax incentives go unpaid to those buying workplace pensions!

Posted on April 5, 2026 by henry tapper

This is an article from This is Money , published in March 2026 – you can read the original here You can read the story of the man who asked Steve Webb the question when he found out he’d been … Continue reading →

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A fudge on mandation to get a Pension Schemes Act? I don’t think so!

Posted on March 27, 2026 by henry tapper

The FT are clear about mandation of commercial pension schemes to toe the line . The new word is “capped” which is tantamount to a fudge on mandation that will keep the ABI and all they command quiet. “Capped”, is … Continue reading →

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Higher payroll payments for deferred pay; Webb and Bell should work together

Posted on March 23, 2026 by henry tapper

In a recent talk to the Association of Member Nominated Trustees, Steve Webb was savage about the lack of progress in pension policy. Thanks to Callum Conway for this report last week We need the straight talking of Webb on … Continue reading →

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People should be rewarded for paying to their pension when on Universal Credit

Posted on February 9, 2026 by henry tapper

Steve’s problem this week is about what personal pension contributions mean to your Universal Credit, (assuming you are getting UC and paying PP.) This is from the Daily Mail. Here’s the problem posed to Steve I’m writing to let you … Continue reading →

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