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Posts Tagged: Pensions

Michael Johnson: A death spiral beckons for the Local Government Pension Scheme

This view is based upon cashflow, not nebulous concepts such as funding ratios, But the operational inefficiency of the scheme could be addressed in three simple steps.

By Michael Johnson | 25 November 2013 | 8 comments

How feckless debtors are supported at the expense of prudent savers

And much of the £54 billion used to encourage saving is taken by the pensions industry

By Andrew Gimson | 20 November 2013 | 74 comments

James Barty: Government must incentivise us to save more

The average pension pot in the UK will generate just £1,300 of income per year in retirement.

By James Barty | 19 November 2013 | 10 comments

Malcolm Small: The pension system needs urgent reform

We’re stuck with a 1950s system, complete with opaque charges, inflexible products and chaotic regulation.

By Malcolm Small | 18 November 2013 | 15 comments

Savings – now the Government should make them worthwhile

Millions have stopped putting money aside, because they have been punished for doing the right thing.

By Mark Wallace | 27 September 2013 | 17 comments

Merging council Pension Funds could save millions

Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis questions whether the fees councils are paying for managing their Pension Funds are value for… Read more »

6 June 2013

The Cypriot banking crisis: if you’ve got a pension you ought to know what happened next

The Cypriot banking crisis was big news back in March. As the island’s biggest banks teetered on the brink of… Read more »

22 May 2013

The most unaffordable public sector pension scheme of them all

Public sector pensions are seen as a threat to the sustainability of our public finances. They’re also a potential cause… Read more »

10 December 2012

The politics of pensions schemes

Glyn Gaskarth says if Council Taxpayers find out how much of their money goes on Council pension shemes their could… Read more »

28 April 2012 | 32 comments

Council pension funds attack Murdoch

Given that Cllr Ian Greenwood, the Labour leader of Bradford Council, is presiding over a secretive overspend of £4 million… Read more »

16 October 2011

Martin Parsons: Why I will NOT be joining the teachers’ strike on Thursday

By Martin Parsons 1. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has become politicised. When I first qualified as a… Read more »

28 June 2011 | 42 comments

Council staff “face pay cuts up to £9,000”

The Times reports (£) on The Treasury being lobbied by the trade unions and the Local Government Association over increasing… Read more »

31 May 2011 | 34 comments

Hutton’s half measure on pensions

Glyn Gaskarth laments that Lord Hutton favours retaining a centralised statist approach to public sector pensions The Independent Public Service… Read more »

18 March 2011 | 8 comments

JP Floru: How to destroy personal pension rights

One of the reasons why the West has been so successful in the last two or three centuries is because… Read more »

24 January 2011 | 25 comments

Local government pension deficit hits £100 billion

The BBC report a survey of local authoriy pension funds by John Ralfe – which concludes the deficit has now… Read more »

15 December 2010 | 5 comments

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