There are more women in work than when records began 50 years ago
Record numbers of older women working – Daily Mail front page highlights contribution of older workers to the growth of the economy. ( link to pdf )
Fixing a tax flaw depriving poorly paid workers of pension cash is not ‘cost effective’, admits City minister
ThisIsMoney article highlighting the injustice of Net Pay system. ( link to pdf )
EU member states urged to protect social security rights
FT Adviser ask whether British citizens’ State pensions will be protected after a No Deal Brexit? EU Commission suggests it would like to, but can’t be sure. Ros calls for clarity. ( link to pdf )
Second vote on EU will bring harmony
Ros warns of impact of No Deal Brexit on Cumbria and calls for another Referendum to check if this is what the British people want. ( link to pdf )
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.