Tag Archives: WPSC

WPSC concludes we have no framework to assess how we’re turning pots to pensions.

Posted on January 18, 2022 by henry tapper

The Work and Pension Select Committee has published its report into how we are accessing our pension savings. It is full of good things and is a major contribution to thinking in this area pulling together the views of those … Continue reading →

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The 10 questions I’d like to ask the experts on CDC this afternoon.

Posted on October 25, 2021 by henry tapper

  I’m pleased to see that Stephen Timms and the Work and Pensions Select Committee will be meeting this afternoon (Oct 25th) to take evidence from four notable experts on pensions. The subject discussed will be “CDC pensions” CDC pension … Continue reading →

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Have pension freedoms “benefited” the poor?

Posted on June 25, 2021 by henry tapper

Gareth Morgan has written to us via linked in to remind us his submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee is now public . You can read it in full here   bit.ly/3d9PpyW There were 54 written submissions but only … Continue reading →

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Can you make an informed choice on how to draw your pension?

Posted on June 6, 2021 by henry tapper

I’m returning to the questions put to us by the Work and Pensions Select Committee. The call for evidence has closed but the questions remain just as relevant. One question , chair Stephen Timms is putting to us is Including … Continue reading →

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What’s missing from our pension choices at retirement?

Posted on May 18, 2021 by henry tapper

  The Work and Pensions Select Committee have asked ten big questions about how the pension freedoms are working. If the collective answer is that the pension freedoms are working badly, then there are further questions to be asked like … Continue reading →

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The ten big pension questions

Posted on May 16, 2021 by henry tapper

  These are  ten big questions facing pension professionals and its public today. They are the questions in the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into the Pension Freedoms and they are worth your consideration. They concern the decisions we … Continue reading →

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Protecting pension savers – five years on from the pension freedoms: Pension scams

Posted on January 8, 2021 by henry tapper

Are we doing enough to stop pension scams? The question was asked by MP Nigel Mills at the Jan 6th Work and Pensions Select Committee’s session chaired by Stephen Timms. The question was directed at the Mark Steward, Executive Director … Continue reading →

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Snowden’s proposal for an amnesty for the pension liberated.

Posted on October 6, 2020 by henry tapper

I was pleased to read Margaret Snowden’s measured call for an amnesty for those scammed through pension liberation schemes , commonly sold in the early years of this century. The evidence appears as part of the inquiry into pension scams … Continue reading →

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