State pension increase of 8.5% will be greeted with relief, say experts
Ros is quoted in the Independent, welcoming news that the Chancellor will not break the State Pension triple lock earnings link for 2024.
Britain’s pension system was once the envy of the world – now it can be again
Ros wrote a comment piece for inews about the Autumn Statement 2023, recommending greater use of pension assets to revive both pensions and the economy.
Britain’s pension system was once the envy of the world – now it can be again
Ros wrote a comment piece for inews about the Autumn Statement 2023, recommending greater use of pension assets to revive both pensions and the economy.
Autumn Statement should ‘channel Isa funds into domestic markets’
Ros is quoted in FTAdviser calling for measures to boost domestic investment in UK growth including ensuring tax reliefs for ISAs and even pensions are directed to British investments. ( link to pdf )
Trust industry backs British ISA but warns on cost disclosure issue
Ros was quoted by Citywire calling for more money in ISAs and pensions to be channelled into domestic investments – and explaining the potential benefits of investment trusts.
Ros Altmann: Stop subsidising overseas growth with taxpayer money
Ros is interviewed for a feature article by FT Adviser and she calls for more use of pension assets to boost British growth. ( link to pdf )
State Pension ‘must rise to 75’ in huge financial warning
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express labelling suggestions of a state pension age of 75 as chilling and immoral – this would consign the poorest and least healthy to poverty and deny many of them a pension. ( link to pdf )
Jeremy Hunt poised to overhaul pensions triple lock as Treasury scrambles for cash
Ros is quoted in the Daily Telegraph warning against further fiddling with the State Pension uprating formula and calling for a comprehensive cross-party review of State pensioner support.
Cutting Winter Fuel Payments would be an insult to millions of older people – Ros Altmann
Ros published a column in the Yorkshire Post explaining the need for a proper comprehensive review of pensioner support, rather than cutting or tinkering with bits of the system or means-testing winter fuel payments.
On the Couch: Baroness Ros Altmann
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.