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Don’t leave frozen pensioners out in the very cold.

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Couldn’t pre-97 pension indexation be met by a windfall-tax on insurers?

Pension Oldie’s testimony Pension Oldie is a regular commentator on this blog and this comment was made after my blog yesterday which posed the question – what is the Government going to do with the PPF’s £16bn surplus. My speculation … Continue reading

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The pre-97 pensioners who lost their pension – had NO voice at Conference.

Terry Monk rightly points to my blog and asks do I give the prominence to the plight of his generation of pensioners who had the bad luck to find their pensions collapse before the PPF was invented to provide such … Continue reading

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Sainsbury and Monk argue to parliament for a troubled group of pensioners over 73.

Roger Sainsbury and Terry Monk speak to the General Committee of the parliamentarians interested in the Pension Schemes Bill. You can watch it here with Roger Sainsbury and Terry Monk speaking on behalf of those deprived of their pension , … Continue reading

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Can Stephen Timms cut the Gordian Knot and unbind FAS pensions?

Stephen Timms , chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, has written to pensions minister Guy Opperman asking for clarity over the compensation cap placed on the Financial Assistance Scheme. Last year the Court of Appeal ruled that the cap … Continue reading

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