Pensions
Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ will sting those on a personal pension of just £67 a week
George Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ will hit new pensioners on a personal or occupational pension of just £67 a week, new research reveals today.
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The IFS is feeding the trolls what they want to hear on pensions
Nigel Stanley assess the IFS' green budget report, and finds that they are understating the effect of pension changes.
Government gold-plates private pensions while cutting public ones
Cormac Hollingsworth reveals the government’s two-faced attitude to pensions; gold-plate the private sector ones, while cutting those of the public sector.
Raising the pension age will be a public health disaster
Steve Griffiths argues that raising the retirement age will harm more than just the nation’s finances - it will also harm the nation’s health.
Parties across the nations split over response to strike action
Ed Jacobs runs through Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s responses to the strikes.