Financial crisis looms for care homes
Ros is quoted in the Daily Telegraph warning that 1000 care homes may go bust as a result of the Covid19 crisis and past underfunding.
Use the £500 advice allowance for abridged advice
Ros published a Money Marketing column supporting the ban on contingent charging for DB pension transfers and calling for the £500 Pension Advice allowance to be used to pay for the FCAs suggested new ‘abridged advice’. ( link to pdf )
People in their 50s and 60s could be poorer when they retire due to coronavirus
The Daily Mirror quotes Ros in its article exploring whether people in their 50s and 60s will be poorer in retirement as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
Furlough effect leaves Rishi Sunak with ‘triple lock’ pensions dilemma
Ros is quoted in the Guardian newspaper, explaining why the State Pension triple lock may be suspended due to the Covid-19 crisis impact on earnings indices. ( link to pdf )
The Social Distancing Awards 2020: The Wellesley Grove Journal
Ros is featured by Money Marketing magazine in a Ken Pyne cartoon commenting that, in response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Bank of England has not just found a magic money tree, but a whole magic money forest! ( link to pdf )
Coronavirus deaths: 10th of the residents in care homes struck down
Ros is quoted in a Daily Express article about failings of the UK social care system and the need to urgently reform the way social care homes operate. Neglect of the elderly has been highlighted by the Coronavirus crisis. ( link to pdf )
Crisis in Care Homes
Ros is quoted in the Sunday Express newspaper commenting on the crisis in care homes and the high death toll that Covid-19 has taken on the elderly residents and staff.
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Bonds will be good for Britain and savers
The Mail on Sunday calls on the Government to ensure savers are looked after and encouraged by measures to recover from the economic downturn created by coronavirus, quoting Ros praising the value of savings. ( link to pdf )
As friends of Israel – we should not offer succour to its enemies
Ros wrote a blog for the Jewish News and recorded a video to support the position of the Board of Deputies of British Jews which has maintained a ‘no comment’ position on Israeli Government decisions about Judea and Samaria. ( link to pdf )
The ghosts of the care-home dead will come back to haunt this government
The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee writes a comment piece quoting Ros and suggesting that radical reform of social care is long overdue, with private operators who cannot survive financially being forced to accept takeover by Government. ( link to pdf )