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A scandal in the making?
For years I have been trying to get pensions research, and the need for pension saving generally, higher up the agenda. Now at last this month, we’ve hit the big time. Every newspaper’s talking about it.
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Tagged auto enrolment, compulsory private pensions, Pension, pensions reform
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UK press in level-headed pensions coverage shocker
If you’re anything like me (and I know you are), this year you will have got married, bought your first house, and been counting down to the introduction of Automatic Enrolment on October 1st.
Attack of the killer journalists from hell
When we write research publications for Government clients, the golden rule we operate by is “Assume that any sentence you write can be taken out of context by the Daily Mail and used as a headline”. That way, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Mail, DWP, market research, Pension, pensions reform, zombie
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How to solve the pensions crisis? Try looking abroad…
It’s an unpleasant reality but with fewer and fewer people of working age supporting each pensioner, without fundamental reform, our pension system simply won’t cope. We’re going to have to work later in life, hence this week’s news that the … Continue reading
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Pay now or pay later?
I presented a paper to the MRS Social Research Conference on 26 May, entitled “Pay now or pay later: social research and how to fund an ageing population”. It was extremely well-received and stimulated a lot of questions and debate … Continue reading
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