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 )
Tens of thousands of pensioners face income CUTS while others could get a boost after HMRC identified DECADES of payment errors
Daily Mail criticises HMRC for problems of incorrect recording of GMPs. ( link to pdf )
Tens of thousands of pensioners face cuts to income after huge HMRC trawl identifies decades of errors
Daily Telegraph front page story about data errors in pension administration leading to pensioners facing cuts in their income – even though they had no responsibility for mistakes. ( link to pdf )
How to get compensation for a mis-sold pension
INews article explains how to try to get compensation if you are scammed and which schemes to avoid – important to get advice. ( link to pdf )
Shirley took her pension early to pay for her son’s funeral and now gets just £10 a month after she was forced to buy an annuity she never wanted
Daily Mail campaign to allow people to undo unwanted annuities continues, with a story of a lady who had to use her tax free lump sum to pay for son’s funeral, now stuck with £10 a week for life that she does not want. ( link to pdf )
Article highlighting the Net Pay Scandal
Ros writes for LoveMoneyInc website highlighting the Net Pay Scandal again.
Some charity ‘chuggers’ are taking at least your first year’s donations
Ros is quoted in a Daily Mail article about how some charity ‘chuggers’ are taking at least your first year’s donations when you sign up to street salesmen. Beware!
Campaign to end rip-off credit charges
Well done Sun for campaign to end rip-off credit charges
The injustice of local government denying benefits to elderly people
MailOnLine reports on the injustice of local government denying benefits to elderly people who can’t use IT