EU member states urged to protect social security rights
FT Adviser article outlining the problems for pensioners if there is a hard Brexit – EU countries want to try to protect pensions but UK may not uprate payments. ( link to pdf )
Fixing a tax flaw depriving poorly paid workers of pension cash is not ‘cost effective’, admits City minister
Daily Mail’s This IS Money highlights the problems for low earners – mostly women – who are not getting the money they are entitled to in auto-enrolment due to Net Pay anomaly. ( link to pdf )
Happy new tax year!
Irish News repeats Ros’s warnings that Lifetime ISAs should only be sold with advice – ‘advice is nice’! ( link to pdf )
How the pension age hike could leave legions with no income: Workers hit by illness see protection policy payments stopped when they reach 60
Women’s state pension age rise has many damaging consequences – Thisismoney highlights working women who lose insurance protection as employer policy is only to age 60. ( link to pdf )
Presentation on Quantitative Easing
Slides from Ros’ presentation to the Royal Society on ‘QE – pension impacts and the end-game’ – the fallout from unconventional monetary policy has caused damage which is being ignored because it benefits such powerful groups. What will happen next?
Speech on Pension Liabilities
Ros gave a speech at a Royal Society conference on pension liabilities, explaining the damage of QE to capital markets and pensions and commenting on how it might end. Here is a recording.
Brexit and a Second Referendum
A mis-selling scandal – not pensions this time, but Brexit! Referendum campaign misrepresented the impacts of leaving the EU – so people should have the right to change their mind. Misleading customers is against the law in most sectors but politicians are not held accountable. We are told the 2016 Referendum was the biggest exercise in democracy this country has ever seen. Really? If democracy is all about deliberate deception, dishonesty and political spin, then the Referendum was certainly a
The Tories won’t be forgiven for a hard Brexit – which equates to a massive tax rise on business
Ros’ Comment piece in the ‘I’ – Tories wont be forgiven for a hard Brexit – it’s like a massive rise in corporation ta. ( link to pdf )
The Tories won’t be forgiven for a hard Brexit – which equates to a massive tax rise on business
Ros explains to iNews why she believes the Conservatives must not allow a hard Brexit – it would be like a massive tax increase on business. ( link to pdf )
Driving business with data: Revolutionising the pensions industry
Revolutionising the Pensions Industry by adopting technology – Ros is quoted by Open Access Government warning of damage to trust in pensions if data are not reliable or secure ( link to pdf )