Extending pension auto-enrolment to more young people, women and low earners
The Government is moving on to the next stage of the successful pension auto-enrolment policy, helping younger and lower paid workers significantly. Read my blog
Auto-enrolment extension bill passes second reading in Lords
Ros is quoted calling for the PPF and FAS to pay one-off cost of living increases to make up for lack of inflation protection on pre-1997 benefits. ( link to pdf )
Bill to extend AE continues passage through HofL
Ros is quoted in Pension Age as she is sponsoring the Bill to extend pension auto-enrolment to more young workers and improve low earners’ pensions. ( link to pdf )
Personal savings allowance should be increased, says former minister
Ros is quoted in Yahoo Finance calling for the Chancellor to urgently raise the personal savings tax threshold to make it more worthwhile to save. ( link to pdf )
AE extension bill has second House of Lords reading
Ros is quoted in Professional Pensions from her speeches in the House of Lords at the Second Reading of the Extension of Auto-enrolment Bill.
Altmann: chancellor must be bolder on pension reform
Ros was quoted in FTAdviser, welcoming the Chancellor’s new ideas for increasing pension investments in growth assets, but calling for even bolder action. ( link to pdf )
Would YOU buy an annuity now deals top 7%? After years of scandal and low rates, many savers shun them but they might now be a good deal
Ros was quoted in ThisIsMoney explaining that, although standard annuities are much better value now than they have been for many years, they are still not suitable for everyone. ( link to pdf )
The pension deal bonanza remaking the UK’s retirement sector
Ros was quoted by the Financial Times warning that increasing pension fund buyouts could damage long-term economic performance – but members seem to find it reassuring that the insurer has taken on their pension risk, rather than the employer.
Fresh pension scandal sees £1billion owed to mothers who stayed at home with children
Ros was quoted in the Daily Express, lamenting the emerging scandal that thousands of women have been losing out in state pensions in a new discovery that they were not credited for time spent at home with kids. ( link to pdf )
As the state pension turns 75, here’s how it could change
Ros is quoted in inews in a review of the State Pension and calls for an end to ever-rising starting ages, with more flexibility to account for ill health and poverty.