Pensioners or young people – who should pay for rising inflation?
Ros was interviewed on Channel 4 News, explaining why pensioners need help and lamenting those who try to pit older against younger generations.
We got a £184 bill for changing flights: Soaring cost of being left on HOLD as more firms quietly scrap free helplines – we call for an end to the rip-off
Ros is quoted by ThisIsMoney website lamenting the problems faced by callers kept on hold for ages. ( link to pdf )
Better Pension Credit take-up could help elderly ease inflation worries – Ros Altmann
Ros wrote a column for Yorkshire Post explaining the importance of increasing pension credit take-up to help the elderly through the cost-of-living crisis. ( link to pdf )
Help the aged: From car parking to banking and GP visits, we must stop punishing the elderly for the crime of not being able to work an app, writes BARONESS ALTMANN
Ros wrote an opinion column for the Daily Mail highlighting the problem of digital discrimination and exclusion against elderly or inform people who cannot use parking and banking services just because they can’t work an App – she calls for cash options to be retained. ( link to pdf )
Fury as creditors look set to miss out on record £14m KPMG Carillion audit fine as accountancy body says it will keep the proceeds
Ros comments on the fine issued to KPMG for wrongdoing on the Carillion audit and suggests the £14m should go to creditors, not the accountancy body overseeing the behaviour of firms found guilty. ( link to pdf )
Rename pension credit to help older people in the cost-of-living crisis, says Tory peer
Ros is quoted in inews talking about how important it is to increase take-up of Pension Credit and perhaps calling it ‘Pensioner Top-up’ would help ease the stigma and improve understanding. ( link to pdf )
Nationwide building society announces it is to axe EIGHT free helplines by the end of the year
Ros calls on financial firms to ensure that they continue to offer customers free helplines – many elderly people can’t go online for customer queries and cant afford huge costs of premium rate lines. ( link to pdf )
State pension POLL: Should Rishi Sunak reinstate the triple lock this year?
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express, warning of hardships for pensioners as a result of the triple lock and calling for more money to be paid because not all pensioners are well off. ( link to pdf )
What is the National Insurance rise? Boris Johnson’s tax hike and how much it will cost workers
Ros is quoted in inews calling for the National Insurance rise to be put on hold. ( link to pdf )
What is the National Insurance rise? Boris Johnson’s tax hike and how much it will cost workers
Ros is quoted in the i newspaper, calling on the Government to delay its National Insurance rise planned for April 2022, due to the exceptional cost of living crisis. ( link to pdf )