Guardian Comment – Don't use pensions for house deposits
Ros wrote a blog for the Guardian website responding to Nick Clegg’s suggestion that pensioner benefits should be means-tested – very unwise and penalise savers and private pensions.
Thought Leadership – How have fiscal and monetary policies affected pensioners?
Write-up of the Saga Thought Leadership event with politicians and leading experts presenting and discussing results of research from Cebr about how fiscal and monetary policies have affected pensioners.
Pensioners billions of pounds out of pocket
Press Release highlighting the release of research by Cebr explaining the impact of fiscal and monetary policies on pensioners.
How fiscal and monetary policy have impacted pensioners
Report from Cebr examining the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on pensioners 2009 – 2014.
The impact of QE on over 50s
A report from the Cebr quantifying some of the impact of Bank of England policy on Britain’s over 50s, explaining why monetary policy has damaged real incomes and spending.
Economic policies leave average pensioner £1318 worse off
Article on Daily Mail website explaining why pensioners are worse off as a result of official policies.
Shouldering their share of the burden? How pensioners are affected by fiscal and monetary policy
Ros gave a presentation at a Saga Thought Leadership event, explaining how pensioners have been affected by both fiscal and monetary policy – policymakers ignore this at their peril.
Policy punishes drawdown holders, lowers tax revenue, penalizes the unwell
Press Release explaining the need to revise income drawdown rules to make them fairer, especially after latest sharp falls, and allow older people in poorer health to take out more of their own money.
Could the 'Grey Pound' get us out of recession?
Ros wrote an article for the Sunday People explaining the damage done to the ‘grey pound’ by Bank of England policies and suggesting better ways to get growth going.
Drawdown policy changes penalize the less healthy and less wealthy
Press Release explaining how both fiscal and monetary policy have damaged income drawdown pensions and the unfairness for those in ill health in particular.