Too few people in Britain have a private pension
Figures released today show that almost half the population aged below retirement age had no private pension savings in 2010-2012.
Pensions
Why collective pensions will mean better pensions
Collective pensions are the backbone of the Dutch pension system, regarded by most as one of the very best in the world.
The Queen’s Speech: What should be in (but isn’t)
Here are five announcements we would have liked to have seen today.
Labour should argue for an ISA cap
The ISA is a tax break for the prosperous/rich right now, but with the loss to a future chancellor in 20 or 30 years time.
‘Abolish the state pension’: meet UKIP’s new economics spokesperson
The proposal has been dismissed as “incoherent” and “bizarre” by pensions experts.
We need ambitious pension reform – and collective’s the way to do it
With less than half of the population saving enough for a decent income in retirement, we’ve got a living standards crisis on the cards.
Means-testing pensioner entitlements: good economics, bad politics
Taking away the entitlements of wealthy pensioners may be good economics, but it would be incredibly risky for the Tory party.
The government is cutting firefighter pensions by the back door
The government is trying to force firefighters to work longer and pay more into their pensions.
In adopting a pension cap the government has done a spectacular u-turn
Deeper market intervention is needed to deliver pensions people can trust and a real solution to the cost of living crisis to which high pension charges are contributing.
The government must finish the pension revolution which Labour began
The UK is in the midst of an occupational pensions revolution as 10 million people are automatically enrolled in a workplace pension for the first time.