Keir Starmer axing winter fuel allowance is so cruel – I’d be better off dead
In the Daily Express, Ros mentions the cliff edge for those just above the means testing threshold. ( link to pdf )
Labour scrapping the winter fuel payment for ten million British pensioners is worse than ditching the state pension triple lock, former Tory minister warns
Ros warns in the Daily Mail against scrapping the pensioner Winter Fuel Payment. ( link to pdf )
1:05 / 4:33 Ros Altmann (Former Pensions Minister) On BBC Breakfast [30.07.2024]
Ros is interviewed on BBC Breakfast
SNP ‘can’t guarantee’ winter fuel payment as Reeves wields axe
Ros is quoted in the Daily Mail about her shock at the cancellation of Winter Fuel Payments, ( link to pdf )
Reeves defends move to restrict winter fuel payments
Ros told the BBC she was “shocked that the chancellor has chosen to take money away from some of the poorest people in this country.” ( link to pdf )
Pensioners with younger partners are missing out on £10,000 a year
Ros is quoted by inews calling on government to reverse the 2019 curbs on Pension Credit which are causing real hardship to mixed age pensioner couples where younger partners are caring or can’t work.
Victory for Waspi women: Ombudsman tells parliament to set up compensation scheme – after DWP refuses to act
Ros is quoted in ThisIsMoney explaining that the damning report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman represents a victory of sorts for the WASPI campaign, however it will not automatically mean compensation for the maladministration. ( link to pdf )
I fear Waspi women are going to be deeply disappointed
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Daily Telegraph about the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report which found that WASPI women were wronged by the DWP and should receive an apology plus compensation. (link to pdf)
Cost-cutting can be achieved without State Pension cuts or raising State Pension Age
I prepared a detailed commentary on the latest calls suggesting the State Pension is unsustainable. I hope that policymakers or commentators will recognise there are other ways to address the costs than raising starting age, cutting the amount or more means-testing. Read my blog.
A cold-call ban for all financial products is long overdue but much more needs to be done
Ros wrote for YahooFinance welcoming the Government’s proposals to ban cold calling for all financial products – at last! She would like further measures to protect consumers too, including joined-up anti-fraud regulations and strong public information campaigns to warn people what to look for. ( link to pdf )