Would moving to flat rate pension tax relief be fairer to low earners? ROS ALTMANN replies
Ros replies to a question in This is Money about flat rate tax relief for pension contributions. ( link to pdf )
Winter Fuel Payment cuts ‘may not lead to Government savings’
Ros warns that the rise in the number of older people applying for Pension Credit will signicantly reduce the savings made by cancelling winter fuel payments. ( link to pdf )
Rachel Reeves warned new state pensioner rules will ‘backfire’
Ros warns that this would amount to an extra cost of “thousands of pounds per person” on Birmingham Live. ( link to pdf )
Let hard-up pensioners keep Winter Fuel Payments, says ROS ALTMANN
Ros wrote an article for This is Money about the alternatives to scrapping Winter Fuel Payments. ( link to pdf )
Pension regulations ‘failing to prioritise returns’ for savers
Professional Pensions mentions that Ros has written the foreword to a paper from Policy Exchange about UK pension regulations.
Axing winter fuel payment for millions ‘worse’ than scrapping triple lock, says ex-pensions minister
The Daily Mirror reports that Ros states that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to scrap the winter fuel payments for nearly 10 million pensioners was wrong. ( link to pdf )
State pensioners could have 25p over-80s age addition ‘hiked’
The new Labour Party government has been urged by Ros to hike the 25p Age Addition for state pensioners aged over 80 reports Birmingham Live. ( link to pdf )
Labour has the UK’s wealthier over-65s in its sights
Ros notes in this Financial Times article that the only groups that aren’t working people typically are pensioners and some disabled people.
How to protect your money if Labour mounts an inheritance tax raid on pensions: The expert guide on what to do now
Ros is quoted in the Daily Mail warning that imposing tax on inherited pensions would stop people keeping their pensions for their 80s and 90s and result in the money being withdrawn early, or not saved at all, for fear of losing the money on early death.
What will happen to pensions under Labour: Will it cut tax relief or raise state pension age?
Ros is quoted in ThisIsMoney explaining why she believes tax-incentivised UK savings should be required to support the UK economy whereas currently not a pension of one’s pension or ISA has to be invested in Britain. ( link to pdf )