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.
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.
Now is not the time to scrap the ‘triple lock’ for UK pensioners
Ros is quoted in the NorthEast Times explaining why, even if the triple lock should be reconsidered, it should not be scrapped before the next Election. ( link to pdf )
ALEX BRUMMER: Don’t betray Britain’s pensioners by breaking the triple lock
Ros is quoted by Daily Mail City desk editorial explaining why pensioners need to have full triple lock protection against rising earnings in 2024.
New calls to keep State Pension age at 66 ahead of planned official retirement rise starting in 2026
Ros is quoted in the Daily Record supporting the Government’s decision not to announce an acceleration in state pension age increases. ( link to pdf )