What is the National Insurance rise? Boris Johnson’s tax hike and how much it will cost workers
Ros is quoted in inews calling for the National Insurance rise to be put on hold. ( link to pdf )
What is the National Insurance rise? Boris Johnson’s tax hike and how much it will cost workers
Ros is quoted in the i newspaper, calling on the Government to delay its National Insurance rise planned for April 2022, due to the exceptional cost of living crisis. ( link to pdf )
‘I cry a lot these days’: Three out of four older people are afraid about rising food and energy bills, warns charity
This Is Money quotes Ros in an article which describes how three in four older people are afraid of rising food and energy bills. ( link to pdf )
Time to halt National Insurance tax hike; it will not fix social care crisis – Ros Altmann
Ros wrote a Comment piece for the Yorkshire Post, calling for a halt to the National Insurance rise and explaining why it is bad policy and will not achieve its aims – yet will worsen poverty. ( link to pdf )
ROS ALTMANN says delay in resolving state pension crisis is unacceptable
WST Post quotes Ros calling on the Government to speed up resolution of the state pension underpayments for women. ( link to pdf )
Scrap National Insurance hike to protect families from cost-of-living crisis, says former Tory minister
Ros is quoted by inews calling for the scrapping of the National Insurance increase, to help families weather the cost of living crisis. ( link to pdf )
Private sector expertise could help clear up pension mistakes – former minister
The Independent quotes Ros calling on the DWP to bring in outside expertise to help clear the backlog of pension underpayments and ensure faster compensation for women affected.
ROS ALTMANN: We cannot add to the burden of workers on a knife-edge
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Daily Mail, calling on the Government to abandon plans to increase National Insurance saying it is the wrong tax, at the wrong time and won’t even fix social care anyway. ( link to pdf )
Baroness Ros Altmann discusses allegations of Conservative whips blackmailing MPs
Ros was interviewed about the allegations of Conservative Whips blackmailing MPs to vote with the Government, rather than with their conscience. Ros believes this is unacceptable but that on Manifesto issues MPs are obliged to vote with the Whip.
Furious pensioners slam DWP ‘false promises’ and ‘downright lies’ over state pension chaos, with one widow owed £75,500 after a year long wait
ThisIsMoney quotes Ros calling for urgent action to end the delays in state pension payments which are leaving many women without the money they are due. Many are facing hardship but forced to wait. ( link to pdf )