Ros is quoted in ThisIsMoney warning that the complexity of the state pension system is creating too many problems and lessons should be learned for the future that ongoing small reforms can be damaging as people are given wrong information and waste their money on toping up state pensions needlessly. ( link to pdf )
Ros chaired an AssetTV Masterclass on Retirement and Pension income planning with three experts from Baillie Gifford, Abrdn and Standard Life.
Ros is quoted by inews calling on government to reverse the 2019 curbs on Pension Credit which are causing real hardship to mixed age pensioner couples where younger partners are caring or can’t work.
Ros was quoted by ThisIsMoney explaining that the ‘triple lock’ does not apply to all state Pension payments.
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express calling on the Government to stop raising State Pension age and allow more flexibility in the starting age for State Pension so those in poorest health don’t miss out unfairly after long NI records. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote an article for Yorkshire Post explaining that the issue of WASPI women needs to be urgently settled and the DWP at least should apologise, while a blanket compensation scheme does not see reasonable.
Ros is quoted in ThisIsMoney explaining that the damning report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman represents a victory of sorts for the WASPI campaign, however it will not automatically mean compensation for the maladministration. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote an opinion column for inews explaining that WASPI women were failed by Government, but the Parliamentary Ombudsman recommendation for compensation for all will not be easy and may not happen The Mail on Sunday quotes Ros talking about the madness of EU rules being applied to disadvantage only UK investment companies – no other country is misleading investors like this with exaggerated charges figures that have undermined UK markets. (link to pdf)
Ros wrote a Comment article for Daily Mail ThisisMoney commenting on the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report finding maladministration and sympathising with those who lost out significantly as a result of being misled or not informed about rising state pension age. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted in inews explaining that, despite the damning Parliamentary Ombudsman report, Parliament may still decide that most WASPI women will receive no compensation for maladministration.