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Thoughts on the triple lock
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!
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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Tagged GAD, Happiness, Martin Clarke, state pension, Trevor Llanwarne, Triple-Lock
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Pension Policy Institute – the NEW pensions landscape
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?
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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Tagged Gregg McClymont, New State Pension, nick timothy, Ros Altmann, state pension, Steve Webb, Tax, tax credits, Theresa May, Treasury, Triple-Lock
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When the dust settles…
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,
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