ALEX BRUMMER: Don’t betray Britain’s pensioners by breaking the triple lock
Ros is quoted by Daily Mail City desk editorial explaining why pensioners need to have full triple lock protection against rising earnings in 2024.
Bill to extend AE scheduled for final reading in HofL
Auto-enrolment Extension Bill to become law: Ros was quoted in Pensions Age covered the Extension of Auto-enrolment Bill which is becoming law, to help low earners and young workers build better pensions. ( link to pdf )
Tomorrow’s earnings data could mean State Pension rises by 8% next year – but that’s not the fault of the triple lock Tomorrow’s earnings data could mean State Pension rises by 8% next year – but that’s not the fault of the triple lock
Here are some thoughts ahead of tomorrow’s release of ONS earnings figures for the three months to July, which are used for the triple lock and expected to be at least 8%. A review of the triple lock is called for, but the state pension is certainly not ‘unaffordable’! Read my blog.
AE extension bill set for third House of Lords reading
Auto-enrolment Extension Bill will pass into law: Professional Pensions highlights Ros taking the Extension of Auto-enrolment Bill through the Lords to become law, to help low earners and young workers build better pensions.
It’s time to reform the triple lock – but glad Government will protect pensioners again next year as cost of living crisis continues
Read Ros’s blog post about reforming the Triple Lock.
New calls to keep State Pension age at 66 ahead of planned official retirement rise starting in 2026
Ros is quoted in the Daily Record supporting the Government’s decision not to announce an acceleration in state pension age increases. ( link to pdf )
Will controversial proposal to scrap triple lock save state pension or kill it?
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express stating that the UK State Pension is definitely affordable, it is already very low and needs to be protected. ( link to pdf )
Cost-cutting can be achieved without State Pension cuts or raising State Pension Age
I prepared a detailed commentary on the latest calls suggesting the State Pension is unsustainable. I hope that policymakers or commentators will recognise there are other ways to address the costs than raising starting age, cutting the amount or more means-testing. Read my blog.
DEBATE: Young Funding The Old – Taxpayers Face Hike In State Pension Costs
Ros was interviewed by Vanessa Feltz, debating the importance of the State Pension and supporting older people at least at a decent minimum in our welfare state.
The pension cost makes it clear that we have to drop the triple lock
Ros wrote a comment article for inews explaining why the State Pension costs will keep rising, but there are ways to make savings without raising State Pension Age or extending means testing