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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
Conservative economics cut pensions – Jeremy and Tom on one page!
I was chatting with Tom McPhail a few weeks back and he explained to me why the Conservatives were the only party he could support. His argument was that they were the only party who wanted fiscal fairness in society. … Continue reading
McPhail lays into Bell over mandation
Ed Miliband is no longer the most dangerous man in government Forget the energy secretary, it’s the minister rewriting pension rules and lending a hand on the budget that you need to worry about Tom McPhail Since Labour took power … Continue reading
Tax Free Cash Payments a test of provider’s VFM? Help the FT find out.
I am keen to help the FT , I count Jo Cumbo and Mary McDougall as next door neighbours up here in London and they have put out a call to FT readers. I got a rap on the wrists … Continue reading
Tom McPhail questions the value for money from our pension regulation
We would all enjoy eating sausages a bit less, so the story goes, if we could see what goes into them. Well, you’d probably feel the same way about pension regulation if you could see how much it is costing … Continue reading
Young and old – support each other – treat tax speculation as gossip!
Is there a wish for us to read articles in serious papers about young and old at war with each other? I spent a happy family weekend finding out ways I could support my mother and my children, while they … Continue reading
Social porn?
Is there a tipping point for social media? The FT thinks so Sorry, you will have to go on the FT to get “social porn”, the link is here. They call porn “clickbait”, if you blog regularly you become only … Continue reading
“Downgrade workplace savings to a bridge to State Pension?” – Tom McPhail.
I wrote yesterday about raising the state pension age to 75. To put this in context, someone retiring at age 60, with a £250,000 pot of defined contribution savings, could buy themselves an escalating (3%) 15 year fixed term annuity … Continue reading
A Pension not a La La Savings commission please! (video)
This is the video of a sensible discussion debating the value of having a pension commission Holidays had taken many of those we wanted there abroad. Steve (the boss) had been in Malta, Bryn (the Lord) was in Spain and … Continue reading
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Debate on the Pension Commission’s value -10.30 today – entry link inside
Tuesday August 5th (today) Roundtable chaired by Bryn, Lord Davies of Brixton. Joined by Tom McPhail, Margaret Snowdon OBE and Arun Muralidhar. Join the meeting here Copy the link to your diary if you prefer https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGIwMTIxNGYtYmVjMy00MGI3LTk3NDctZjY5NjZmZTdmNDZj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22733793a9-e9e3-4238-95c9-e3e2e46fca6a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239b1b8b9-6d36-44d5-bf9e-64e1dfb760d5%22%7d Last week we had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryn Davies, Margaret de Valois, Margaret Snowden, Pension Commission, Tom McPhail
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