Tag Archives: Triple-Lock

Thoughts on the triple lock

Posted on June 18, 2020 by henry tapper

There’s no doubt that the unwinding of the furlough presents the Treasury with a technical problem with the triple lock. You can read the details here But that does not mean that the pensions industry can consider the state pension … Continue reading →

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Triple lock? – easy!

Posted on February 13, 2020 by henry tapper

With a deft tweet , former Pensions Minister Steve Webb wakes us up to a startling economic revelation. Doesn’t seem long since we were reading doom-laden warnings about the National Insurance Fund ‘running out of money’ in a few years. … Continue reading →

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Pension Policy Institute – the NEW pensions landscape

Posted on November 30, 2016 by henry tapper

Back in 2003 when the Pension Policy Institute was born, it produced a report on the pension state of the nation . PPI now means a bung from a bank and any google search for it’s likely to compromise your … Continue reading →

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Should we block the triple lock?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by henry tapper

  Ros Altmann speaks out (shock!) We now have three former  pension ministers making a lot more noise than our current pension minister. Ros Altmann who we are now realising never should have done the jog Steve Webb who should … Continue reading →

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When the dust settles…

Posted on July 9, 2015 by henry tapper

For the second time in two years, George Osborne has produced a budget that will radically change the way we thing about retirement saving. If 2014 was the year we re-thought the way we spent our retirement spending, 2015 asks … Continue reading →

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The value of the triple-lock,

Posted on January 5, 2014 by henry tapper

No doubt there will be many commentators who will sneer at this promise of Cameron’s. I will not be one of them. Continue reading →

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