Asset TV Retirement Income Masterclass
Ros chaired an AssetTV Masterclass on Retirement and Pension income planning with three experts from Baillie Gifford, Abrdn and Standard Life.
Pensioners with younger partners are missing out on £10,000 a year
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.
Your state pension might NOT increase by the full 8.5% this month – here’s how to work out if you’re among millions who’ve been short changed
Ros was quoted by ThisIsMoney explaining that the ‘triple lock’ does not apply to all state Pension payments.
New plan to cut state pension age to 63 as ‘we can’t all work into our 70s’
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 )
Retirement in jeopardy as state pension age creeps higher
Ros is quoted in the Daily Telegraph calling for state pension reforms that simplify and save money, without taking it away or cutting the value, and ensuring younger generations are included in the National Insurance system for retirement.
New online state pension top-ups service is pending: Boost staff ahead of rush, government is warned
Ros is quoted by Daily Mail and ThisisMoney sympathising with those who are waiting and worried about the money they’ve paid for a State Pension top-up. MPs and media may get you a quicker answer! ( link to pdf )
Proposing an Increase in the UK State Pension Age to 71 Would Bring ‘Misery’ to Millions
Ros is quoted by The Artist Journal rejecting a call to raise state pension age to 71.
Work until you’re 71? What’s the alternative?
Ros recorded a podcast for Sky News explaining why a state pension age of 71 would be so wrong and explaining possible alternative policies.
We’ve heard lots about what Labour won’t do, but here’s something they should: close the Tories’ tax loopholes
Ros was quoted by Polly Toynbee in the Guardian, suggesting that tax relief reform would be one of the options that Rachel Reeves might consider if she were Chancellor.
State pension age hike to 71 would be a brutal blow to poor and ill people, says ROS ALTMANN
Ros wrote a Comment article for Daily Mail ThisIsMoney, explaining why it would be so damaging to vulnerable groups to increase state pension age to 71. ( link to pdf )