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Labour Partially U-Turns on Promised Reforms in Leasehold Bill
Wow. Something is happening in our politics. From Zack Polanski on the left to Guido Fawkes on the right, there’s growing agreement: leasehold must be abolished. Free the land. Free the people. So why are The Labour Party siding with … Continue reading
We are planning for pensions to fail and that is not a way for Britain to grow,
This appears in Mary McDougall’s timeline for her recent posting, I guess it was two months ago that this snippet appeared and I missed it but it seems rather more important since the Aberdeen/Stagecoach Pension deal. There is a future … Continue reading
Why are investment trusts excluded from the Pension Schemes Bill?
William MacLeod Speaking in the House of Lords today during the Pensions Schemes Bill second reading both Baroness Ros Altmann and Baroness Sharon Bowles , asked a very simple question: Why have listed investment companies been excluded from the Bill? … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, FCA, Financial services, Investment, Pensions, politics, Ros Altmann, Sharon Bowles, Treasury
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The PPF is waggling its tail at what it can do with a spare £14.1bn
The PPF has a smile on its face The lifeboat fund has proposed maintaining a zero PPF levy for conventional defined benefit schemes, having confirmed in September it would not charge a levy for 2025/26. The PPF confirmed its current reserves alongside … Continue reading
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Tagged Pension Protection Fund, Pension Schemes Bill, Torsten Bell, Treasury
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£2bn pension tax-but? Broad shoulders shudder!
I reported yesterday on FT’s concerns on leaks from the Treasury that they might take salary sacrifice down, or at least dismantle it to a point that it no longer became a tax-break for the wealthy. You can read what … Continue reading
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Tagged Broad shoulders, Pensions, salary sacrifice, Torsten Bell, Treasury
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“The payment of tax is voluntary” – a useful thought from Laurence.
This wonderful post from our new friend Laurence , explains that taxation is owned by the people who pay it. If they don’t feel they own it, they won’t pay it. Let us not let Laurence’s tee-shirt become a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Employment, Government, Laurence Field, pension playpen, Tax, Taxation, Treasury
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We don’t need austerity, we need to invest and grow
Martin Woolf has produced an econium to growth and posted it in the FT. People care about their standard of living. Democracy is simply far stronger if it is possible for everybody to become better off. Growth provides that. … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Business, Ecopnium, Employment, Government, growth, Investment, Martin Woolf, pension, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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Why is Brookfield’s purchase of Just getting so much attention?
I look at the stats on my blogs at the end of the working week. This week’s were strange; the two blogs on Brookfield taking over Just had twice the reads of any other. I thought it might be of … Continue reading
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Tagged BOE, Brookfield, ft, Just, Pensions, PIC, PRA, Rachel Reeves, Treasury
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Have NEST swapped pension energy for deferred annuities?
There was a moment in Paul Todd’s excellent talk when I asked myself who owns the rate at which my pot is returned to me. The answer is not clear even to Nest, it depends on what the provider … Continue reading
Pension Dashboard may be delayed to 2027 or beyond.
The People’s Pension calls for delay to pension dashboard I wrote yesterday about my concern that concerns about agreed formats to help ordinary people organise their retirement income in retirement using the Pensions Dashboard were being challenged by TISA for … Continue reading