Waspi’s legal action over state pension age changes ‘a waste of time and money’, expert warns
inews quotes Ros expressing concerns about the costs and uncertainty of Judicial Review for WASPI women.
Cost of living: How to build your pension despite rising costs
Ros is quoted in a Vodafone article explaining that opting out of auto-enrolment will not mean as much extra take-home pay as many people would think and will lose the employer contribution and tax relief. ( link to pdf )
House Of Lords Must Stop The Trashing Of Women’s Rights
Ros spoke in the House of Lords urging the Government to abandon its approach to revoking EU laws that protect women’s working and pension rights.
Ros Altmann: Expect further delays on pension dashboards
Ros wrote an article for Money Marketing, warning that there are likely to be delays to the timetable for the Pensions Dashboard as providers and Government are not yet ready to roll out the programme. ( link to pdf )
Nearly 500,000 Brits overseas face poverty after pension increases frozen
The Mirror quotes Ros commenting on the plight of half a million Brits living overseas whose pensions are frozen. ( link to pdf )
Beware this trap if you cash in your pension: Why 350,000 over-55s risk their tax-free savings allowance being slashed
ThisIsMoney website quotes Ros warning that people returning to work after using their pension fund to tide over a period of caring or illness might find they go over the Money Purchase Annual Allowance if paying over £4000 into a pension – beware hidden tax trap. ( link to pdf )
Altmann: Raising state pension age lacks nuance
Financial Times Adviser quotes Ros calling for more flexibility in state pension age, rather than just raising it. ( link to pdf )
Ros spoke in the Second Reading of the Retained EU Law Bill
Ros spoke in the Second Reading of the Retained EU Law Bill, explaining the dangers of allowing Ministers to change laws without any Parliamentary checks or input.
Bringing forward the increase in the state pension age is a blunt tool to save money that will heap hardship on the vulnerable
Ros wrote a comment article for the Daily Mail explaining the dangers of just raising State Pension Age, rather than a more flexible, nuanced approach to cost-saving that would recognise individual needs better.
Bringing forward the increase in the state pension age is a blunt tool to save money that will heap hardship on the vulnerable
Ros wrote a Feature Comment for the Daily Mail explaining why bringing forward the rise in State Pension Age was a blunt cost-cutting tool which would increase poverty and she says better reforms are needed. ( link to pdf )