‘It’s ridiculous to dock mums’ state pension for failing to claim child benefit
Women lose out in State Pensions if they don’t claim child benefit – This is Money article written by Ros. ( link to pdf )
Nuisance callers cost my 84-year old uncle £10k in nine months
Let’s ban all cold calling – Ros speaks to ThisIsMoney website to call for a ban. ( link to pdf )
Govt eyes action over pension tax anomaly costing low earners
FT Adviser reports Ros comments on the low earners pensions tax relief scandal. ( link to pdf )
Gov’t looking to tackle AE tax relief anomaly
Ros comments on the low earners pensions tax relief scandal in New Model Adviser. ( link to pdf )
Fix tax quirk that deprives low paid of free pension cash, campaigners urge in letter to Chancellor
ThisIsMoney highlights yet again the injustice of low earners losing out on their pension tax relief and urges the Government to fix it. ( link to pdf )
Victory in war on bank scams!
Daily Mail campaign to get banks to protect customers against scams has major breakthrough, which is welcomed by Ros. ( link to pdf )
Nationwide is axeing the annual statement!
Shame to see Nationwide Building Society scrapping annual statements – Ros explains that this will penalise older customers who can’t go online or get to a Branch. ( link to pdf )
Pensioners are being targeted by fraudsters
Increasing numbers of pensioners suffer identity theft – such fraud is growing and older people seem more vulnerable ( link to pdf )
FCA should ban firms from using leads generated by cold-calling
Money Marketing carries Ros comments calling for FCA to ban pension firms using leads generated by cold-calling. ( link to pdf )
Consumers have case for court showdown with Ombudsman
Consumers need to rebuild confidence in the Financial Ombudsman Service. Ros suggests is may make sense to re-open random sample of cases. ( link to pdf )