Rachel Reeves warned new state pensioner rules will ‘backfire’
Ros warns that this would amount to an extra cost of “thousands of pounds per person” on Birmingham Live. ( link to pdf )
Deep Dive: Labour should repeal ‘double count’ investment trust costs to help achieve long-term UK growth
Ros confirms progress on trust cost disclosure reforms undone by general election in Investment Week.
Let hard-up pensioners keep Winter Fuel Payments, says ROS ALTMANN
Ros wrote an article for This is Money about the alternatives to scrapping Winter Fuel Payments. ( link to pdf )
Winter fuel payment cut will save less than Reeves needs, say experts
In The Telegraph, Ros warns that this policy would lead to extra cost.
Pension regulations ‘failing to prioritise returns’ for savers
Professional Pensions mentions that Ros has written the foreword to a paper from Policy Exchange about UK pension regulations.
Axing winter fuel payment for millions ‘worse’ than scrapping triple lock, says ex-pensions minister
The Daily Mirror reports that Ros states that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to scrap the winter fuel payments for nearly 10 million pensioners was wrong. ( link to pdf )
State pensioners could have 25p over-80s age addition ‘hiked’
The new Labour Party government has been urged by Ros to hike the 25p Age Addition for state pensioners aged over 80 reports Birmingham Live. ( link to pdf )
UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to winter fuel payments
In the Guardian, Ros states that the government had made a “real blunder” by scrapping the winter fuel allowance.
Labour has the UK’s wealthier over-65s in its sights
Ros notes in this Financial Times article that the only groups that aren’t working people typically are pensioners and some disabled people.
Labour dares to take on Britain’s boomers
In Politico, Ros expresses shock about cancelling Winter Fuel Payments, ( link to pdf )