Workers in auto-enrolment need proper protection – Ros wrote a Comment piece for the Financial Times calling on the Pensions Regulator to intervene, or be given more powers, to help members whose employers do not pay their pension contributions.
Ofgem needs to reverse rise in energy Standing Charges – Ros wrote a Comment article for the Daily Mail calling on the Regulator to stop the rise in Standing Charges which have been allowed in order to fund failed firms. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote a Comment article for inews welcoming the triple lock confirmation for state pensions.
Ros wrote a column for MoneyMarketing explaining why people who put property into their SSAS or SIPP may have overpaid Stamp Duty on the transaction and can claim the money back – they need to seek specialist SDLT advice urgently. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Yorkshire Post explaining that unwinding QE was never properly considered and its risks were always likely to crash bond markets once the biggest buyer started selling.
The government must restore economic confidence as the markets spin out of control. ( link to pdf )
Ros was quoted in and wrote a Comment piece for the Daily Express welcoming the chancellor’s announcement that the state pension triple lock would be reinstated this year and also urging that the poorest pensioners also need the same protection for their Pension Credit.
Ros wrote a comment article for inews explaining why the Bank of England had to intervene in the gilt market and that rising gilt yields can pose problems for both DB and especially DC schemes.
ThisIsMoney website published Ros and Frank Field’s article calling for a radical rethink of energy policy and privatisation, recommending a direct freeze on prices in order to also reduce overall inflation with many spin off benefits to the economy, households and small business.
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 )