Pension professionals aren’t usually seen as being natural born rebels, particularly those that have worked in the industry for 40-plus years, have sat on the boards of major providers and chaired government...
For the first time we have just seen how readily Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will drop ideology for practicality now that it is the government-in-waiting. Common sense has triumphed and the...
There was widespread industry support for the Labour’s manifesto pledge to conduct a wide-ranging pension review, although many voiced concerns about the lack of detail on major pension issues. When it comes this...
Pensions, productive finance and green investments all feature in the Labour Party’s manifesto, published today ahead of next month’s general election. However pension experts said there were 'no big surprises' when it...
With the General Election countdown now well and truly underway we can expect a considerable focus on the industry’s policy asks from the main parties. This will inevitably include demands for a...
The Conservative Party has made pensions and pensioners are key part of its election manifesto, which was released today. They have pledged to introduce a triple lock ‘plus’ — ensuring a personal...
The next government is being urged to scrap pensions tax relief in favour of a ‘savings bonus’ by the cross-party think tank the Social Market Foundation. It claims this would save the...
The Labour Party is understood to have ditched plans to reintroduce the lifetime allowance (LTA) on pensions. This earlier pledge will not appear in the party’s election manifesto, according to report in...
Conservative losses in recent local and mayoral elections, a recent string of by-election defeats and Labour extending its leads in the polls have led many to predict that Sir Keir Starmer will...
Three in four workers (75 per cent) said they were be more likely to vote for a political party that is promising to reform workplace pensions — according to a new survey....
