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Alexander Bowen: The triple lock just isn't that big a deal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (150+ words) Alexander Bowen is a trainee economist based in Belgium, specialising in public policy assessment, and a policy fellow at a British think tank. Now is the policy ideal? Absolutely not. Any automatic mechanism can never be ideal. The triple lock's…...
Nikita Malik: More than two million over50s are now on benefits " we must not write them off
2+ week, 1+ day ago (479+ words) Nikita Malik is the Head of Work and Opportunity at the Centre for Social Justice. After a long working life, most people look forward to a well-earned retirement. Yet across Britain, millions in their 50s and 60s are being edged out of…...
Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (1027+ words) Anna Ridgway is National Coordinator for Students for Liberty UK." Over the past few days, I have been receiving replies on X from pensioners informing me that I am selfish, ignorant, cruel, and, my personal favourite, a "lefty" for questioning…...
Ahmed Imtiaz: There's a case for mandating pensions but it's not who with, but where
3+ week, 2+ day ago (168+ words) Ahmed Imtiaz is a qualified barrister working as a legal counsel for a global insights platform in London. He is a candidate in May for Church Street Ward on Westminster Council. Since the Trump administration took charge, the United States…...
Daniel Herring: Time to think how we defuse the ticking debt bomb that is public sector pensions
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (680+ words) Daniel Herring is Researcher for Fiscal and Economic Policy at the Centre Policy Studies. The UK government's financial position was precarious even before war in the Middle East blew up Treasury borrowing forecasts. We have not run a budget surplus…...
Labour should recognise its pensions defeat " and drop mandation
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (506+ words) There is a sensible rule to follow when watching politics: if a government tells you not to worry about a power it is looking to acquire, worry. When it tells you that power is only a reserve " a backstop of…...
Connor Williams: Pension reform is necessary and inevitable
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (356+ words) Connor Sutherland Williams is a Cardiff University alumnus with an interest in limited government and political reform. Why is the current system unsustainable? The biggest challenge to pension sustainability is the triple lock. This policy guarantees that the state pension…...
Elliot Keck: Reform UK is right to challenge councils over the high fees and poor performance of their pension funds
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (913+ words) The most obvious nonsense is the tens of millions of pounds pumped into renewable energy and net zero funds, despite this sector's profitability based largely on vast taxpayer subsidies which will one day run out. The post Elliot Keck: Reform…...
David Heathcote: It's time to finish the job on Auto Enrolment by lowering the age to 18 and scrapping the earnings floor
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (597+ words) David Heathcote is chair of the Huddersfield & Colne Valley Conservative Policy Forum and head of business development for an SME manufacturer in West Yorkshire. The UK's Auto Enrolment scheme, introduced under a Conservative government in 2012, provided a dramatic increase in…...