My six-point plan to use private and local authority pensions to build back Britain
Ros wrote an Opinion Column for the Yorkshire Post giving a six-point plan to use private pension assets to rebuild Britain and boost growth. ( link to pdf )
Ros Altmann: Missing the point of the pension reforms
Ros wrote a comment for Money Marketing discussing the pension freedoms and suggesting that those suggesting they have not worked well may be missing some of the important realities. ( link to pdf )
ROS ALTMANN: We cannot squander this golden opportunity to open up care homes to visitors
The Daily Mail published a Comment piece from Ros urging the Government to ensure all care homes open to visitors quickly, and prioritise vaccinating staff and residents fully. ( link to pdf )
Spending review: Rishi Sunak’s changes to pensions will have some positive effects for pensioners too
inews published a Comment article by Ros explaining that the move from rpi to cpi has advantages not just disadvantages and can even help some pension funds. ( link to pdf )
State pension age increase to 66 is a problem when Covid-19 has blighted employment prospects
inews published a Comment article by Ros calling for more flexibility in State Pension Age to reflect lower life expectancy and rising unemployment during the current pandemic. ( link to pdf )
Why women facing pension delays will feel shortchanged – Ros Altmann
Ros wrote a Comment article for Yorkshire Post on the disappointment felt by women over the rise in State Pension Age.
Why Pensions are Vital to Reward
Ros published an article in Reward Strategy magazine, explaining why pensions are so vital to the strategy for staff remuneration – and latest changes being considered.
Stop treating social care as political football; here are six tests – Ros Altmann
Ros wrote a Comment article for Yorkshire Post calling for radical social care reform, rather than using the issue as a political football. ( link to pdf )
The treatment of our elderly is a disgrace to a civilised nation: As new visa rules deal hammer blow to the care sector, former pensions minister BARONESS ROS ALTMANN issues a passionate call to arms
Ros wrote a Comment article for the Daily Mail calling for urgent social care reform and highlighting that the treatment of our elderly is a disgrace to a civilised nation. ( link to pdf )
Use the £500 advice allowance for abridged advice
Ros published a Money Marketing column supporting the ban on contingent charging for DB pension transfers and calling for the £500 Pension Advice allowance to be used to pay for the FCAs suggested new ‘abridged advice’. ( link to pdf )