Tag Archives: Tony Watts

“Too tired to work , too poor to retire” – a message to the Pensions Commission.

The Pensions Commission (II) is sitting and will be for the next year. It will be receiving information from a number of sources as it thinks about how to reorganise the financing of Britain’s retirements. It is no doubt a … Continue reading

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Why you can’t understand old age finance so well without Tony’s help

I could not understand the problems older people have so well , had I not Tony Watt’s daily round up of blogs and information that arrives in my email.  Here is today’s and (more importantly) here is the subscription link … Continue reading

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Right, you ‘orrible lot…

Tony Watts’ notes arrive every morning and are refreshingly relevant! Here’s one from earlier the week, which I cherish. There’s a lot coming out of the insurers about how we feel when in retirement (this from Standard Life). But my … Continue reading

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The £100 billion dollar question: how do we harness older worker power?

Tony Watts points out that Britain has latent economic power beyond the university. Tony writes a regular newsletter for older folk (like me). My blogs this morning have been about tapping into younger rigour, but here’s Tony’s thoughts posted early! … Continue reading

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Talkin’ ‘bout my generation – with Tony Watts OBE

You can read this and all Tony’s blogs from this link He didn’t get an OBE for nothing It’s a (frankly worrying) 60 years since The Who articulated the generational divide that seemed to us palpable at the time, and … Continue reading

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