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Nicola Sturgeon , Scotland and pensions
I watched Nicola Sturgeon announce she would be resigning as First Minister in Hymans Robertson’s offices in London. It seemed fitting that a Scottish organisation doing very well in the UK provided the news feed. It was hard … Continue reading
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Tagged Hymans Robertson, Nicola Sturgeon, Pensions, Salmond, Scotland, westminster
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View of the queue
This is the queue’s destination, an opportunity to walk past the Queen’s coffin in St Stephen’s Hall in the palace of Westminster. It will be the culmination of a long walk for those passing it as I write (5.45am). The … Continue reading
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Tagged Mourning, Queen Elizabeth, Queue, st stpehens hall, westminster
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Pouring advice into a bottomless pot – lessons from Westiminster
The capacity of the pension industry to pour advice, guidance and financial education into the bottomless pot seems limitless. I define the “bottomless pot” as the perceived resource needed to make informed choices on retirement finances, a pot that never … Continue reading
Been on the edge all week!
What don’t I think (about Brexit)? It’s been a strange week or two; for some reason I’ve found myself in Westminster a lot, lobbying on behalf of scam victims, discussing the “net-pay anomaly”, listening to the Pensions Minister on open … Continue reading
Westminster rocks as Minister pledges support for CDC.
There was a good news story playing out in Committee Room 6 of the Westminster Palace yesterday morning. A good news story, that is, if you fancy a pension from your workplace pension scheme. … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Frank Field, pensions, Ronan Keating, Ronan O'Connor, westminster
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Get thee to Yate!
1.1 And there dwelt in South Gloucestershire, near the towns of Thornbury and Yate a man named Steve; 1.2 and Steve was godly and loved of all who knew him for he had done great deeds in Westminster – … Continue reading
Get a grip and a sense of humour
The sky is full of helicopters and the streets wail with sirens. It is 9 am on the morning after the latest “terrorist” attack and Westminster and the City are on red alert. One nutter decided to go on the … Continue reading
Pensions Minister in the house – shout out for Richard Harrington!
A new man In one of the lowest keys of appointments, Richard Harrington crept into the DWP as an under-secretary and inherited all the issues for rather less pay than he’d have got if he’d got the usual ministerial salary. … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, DWP, Frank Field, pension, pensions, Pensions Minister, Retirement, Richard Harrington, Select Committee, westminster
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The politics of pensions – how the landscape has changed since 2010.
Let us hope that the head of steam that has been built up since 2010 can be maintained.
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