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Tag Archives: Torsten Bell
A good week for Torsten Bell and pension politics.
We were lucky to keep Torsten Bell as Pension Minister when Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. The Pension Schemes Act, the ongoing development of CDC and now the reform of the state pension to open the way for affordable long term care are an achievement in two years. Continue reading
Labour Conference promotes CDC
Craig Moran and First Actuarial; Sue Ferns and Prospect Union : Torsten Bell- DWP and HMT; Andy O’Regan and TPT ; David Pitt-Watson and the House of Lords. Thank you! Continue reading
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Can we get back to pensions please? A request to the thinkers.
It is time that someone stuck his hand up for collective pensions (aka CDC). I will , because no-one would at the rash of “DC” conferences this week Continue reading
Elitist games – is this what we pay the pension minister to play?
This sounds good fun – if only for the elite! The great and good brought together by yet another global organisation to raise the profile of DC. Continue reading
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The guilt we have with pensions is like our guilt about the gym – Torsten Bell
It’s good to see the Pensions Minister sees the problems with pensions like our problems with going to the gym. We know we should get stuck in but… Continue reading
Torsten Bell on GDP, fertility, growth and happiness
This blog was first published here We’re three weeks in for Charting the Course. Thanks for reading. The first two weeks were on the serious side – digging into what is going on with the UK’s labour market and public … Continue reading
What does Torsten think of the NEET numbers?
Yesterday , there was more information published on NEETS. A NEET, an acronym for “Not in Education, Employment, or Training“, is a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training. The classification originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s Here is our … Continue reading
Can firms reorganise to realise the potential of AI?- Asks Torsten Bell
Interesting that Torsten Bell, an economist , is looking to the potential of AI for UK growth Interesting (as always). Argues that strengthening evidence of AI making individuals more productive at specific tasks is not (yet) driving the relatively … Continue reading
Is the pension industry really aligned with the Pensions Minister?
I thought we were to get comment from Pensions UK on Torsten Bell but it turned out an advert. I find a lot of what I read is no more than advert for conferences and that conferences are just adverts … Continue reading
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I believe that Dan suggested that the IHT on pensions will increase the proportion of the population paying IHT from…