Sunday Post – What next for pensions
Feature article in Scotland’s Sunday Post, outlining the need for better and fairer state pensions.
The Observer – Pensions: We Need a Revolution
Article published in the Observer Business Section calling for a radical overhaul of our state pension system, making it fair to women and ending mass means-testing. Click here to link to the article.
Telegraph – Raising Pension Age
Ros commented on the Telegraph website about Tory proposals to bring forward the increase in the state pension age.
Pensions Week 'Rethinking Pensions' proposal
Pensions Week called for a 500 word proposal for modernizing pension savings. Ros suggests moving away from pensions as a ‘locked box’ and adding flexibility with a new model for lifetime savings – a LifeSaver account.
Guardian blog – public sector pensions will change
Guardian comment where Ros discusses the problems of public sector pensions and that change is inevitable.
Yorkshire Post: Radical Rethinking – the only way to solve pensions crisis
Op-ed published in Yorkshire Post explaining why existing pension reform is inadequate and only radical rethinking will work.
Sorting out pensions and retirement
Ros was asked to write a Guest Blog for the Age Employment Network website giving her views on radical pension reform and the benefits of longer working lives. Click here to read the article on the TAEN website.
Turner wishes he had been more radical – so do I!
Lord Turner gave an interview to the BBC explaining that he wished he had been more radical and called for a resident’s pension and a faster rise in the state pension age. These are measures which Ros has been calling for since 2002 and radical reform is long overdue.
Yorkshire Post – if only Turner had been more radical
Editorial article written for Yorkshire Post, outlining the new views of Lord Turner and ruing the wasted opportunity of the Pensions Commission reforms, with Ros calling for more radical rethinking of both pensions and retirement.
Public Sector Pensions Aristocracy
Ros gave a speech at London School of Economics Pensions Programme seminar on the benefits of public sector pensions and the growing divide between public and private sector pension arrangements. These are the slides she presented.