Tag Archives: Steve Webb

Have boomers pulled up the drawbridge on their children?

Posted on April 10, 2024 by henry tapper

Steve Webb’s latest Money Mail response is both authoritative and interesting, if you can’t be bothered to read this blog, read Steve’s article instead (but both are worth a read). Will the state pension become means tested in the future … Continue reading →

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Barrett, Webb, Johnson and Lewis on the endlessly changing state pension

Posted on April 8, 2024 by henry tapper

The endlessly changing state pension Radio four ran a 30 minute briefing on the state pension last Thursday which is well worth listening to. Paul Lewis and Paul Johnson are joined by Claer Barrett and Steve Webb. Expertly chaired by … Continue reading →

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A helping hand towards a better (state) pension

Posted on December 27, 2023 by henry tapper

It’s not often that people choose to pay tax voluntarily, but new figures from HMRC show that people have been queueing up to give the Government their money in the form of voluntary NICs – over a third of a … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb on how AI will improve Government decision making

Posted on August 13, 2023 by henry tapper

Beyond Curious with LCP · S1 Ep. 7 AI in government, politics and regulation “Government is “teeming” with data and harnessing the power of AI to analyse that data should be a no-brainer”. That’s the view of Steve Webb- and … Continue reading →

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A stealthy wealth tax – outed by LCP

Posted on July 20, 2023 by henry tapper

The Treasury has proposed that pensions will be taxed where the saver dies before age 75. This is how the Treasury introduce the idea Schedule 32 sets out that the payment of an UFLSDB or DBLSDB is a BCE where the member dies under age … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb – “what is the Government trying to do?”

Posted on July 12, 2023 by henry tapper

Speaking with considerable modesty, Steve Webb addressed the Pension PlayPen the morning after the night of the Mansion House Speech.  Although not at the event in person, he was there in spirit , referenced by Jeremy Hunt in his speech … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb, fresh from the Mansion House – 10.30 today at Pension PlayPen

Posted on July 11, 2023 by henry tapper

Steve is one of Britain’s premier pension commentators , having been Minister for Pensions during the Coalition. Now he’s a consultant for LCP and he appears on every platform from the Martin Lewis Money Show to the Work and Pensions … Continue reading →

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The morning after Mansion House ; will Steve Webb need Pension PlayPen’s coffee?

Posted on July 7, 2023 by henry tapper

Coffee Morning – Sir Steve Webb – “The morning after the Mansion House speech – where are we now?”  Type Online When July 11, 2023 10:30 am London At our next event, we are delighted that Sir Steve Webb will … Continue reading →

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Victory for Mum’s a feather in Laura Trott’s cap. Hats off to Steve Webb

Posted on April 28, 2023 by henry tapper

The Government appears to have listened to Steve Webb who has been fighting a one man campaign on behalf of mothers who – due to the complexity of child benefit rules, were in danger of losing credits for state pensions … Continue reading →

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LCP finds partners to auto-cleanse pensions data

Posted on March 23, 2023 by henry tapper

LCP has clubbed up with Transunion, the credit checker and Digidentity the digital identity verifier to work out better ways to get scheme data ready for buy-out and/or display on pension dashboards. It is also pretty important in paying them! … Continue reading →

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