Press Release discussing Ros’s view that the government’s climbdown on allowing residential property into personal pensions and last-minute changes of pension simplification tax rules is the right decision but dreadful timing. The Government should never have proposed this and should have listened to warnings over the last 2 years that such changes would lead to huge losses of tax revenue.
Additional comments from Ros on the Pensions Commission reform proposals, questioning the intellectual case for compelling employers to contribute to pensions and discussing some of Ros’s reservations about the proposals.
Letter published in the Financial Times suggesting that there is no intellectual case for compelling employers to contribute to pensions, that this is simply a form of taxation and that pension contributions should really be up to the individual.
Article prepared for Financial Adviser giving Ros’s reaction to the pension reform proposals contained in the Pensions Commission final report.
Press Release explaining why contracting out should be abolished as part of radical pension reform and most providers are already advising their clients that they should not remain contracted out.
Press Release explaining that winter fuel and other benefits for pensioners are costing over half as much as Pension Credit, yet are not targeted at all and asking whether this is a sensible use of taxpayers’ money.
Article published on BBC website discussing the crisis in UK occupational pension provision, problems faced by employers and members and recommendations for radical reforms.
Press Release outlining Ros’s initial reactions to the Pensions Commission reform proposals, offering broad support, but expressing a wish that reforms should be bolder and more radical.
Article published in Money Management outlining the failure of pension policy reforms and discussing possible reasons why the Treasury seems to have failed to encourage more pension savings.
Article published in Financial Adviser on 8th Sepetmber 2005, following the FSA study of contracting out, demonstrating that this has provided poor value and explaining Ros’s view that contracting out should be abolished as part of radical pension reforms in the UK.