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Better pensions
— the state's responsibility | | Author(s) | Bryn Davies, Hilary Land, Tony Lynes |
| Corporate Author | Catalyst Forum |
| Publisher | The Catalyst Forum, London, 2003 |
| Pages | 56 pp (Catalyst working paper) |
| Source | Downloaded document (24/07/03). Available from: Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Private pensions ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The Better Pensions Group (Bryn Davies, Hilary Land, Tony Lynes, Ken MacIntyre and Peter Townsend) was originally convened by Barbara Castle in 1997, to make a joint submission to the Labour government's Pension Review. This working paper argues that the attainment of better pensions cannot be left to individual initiative and private capital markets, and that private schemes should complement, not replace, adequate state provision. As well as a greater role for the state, it suggests the following points of principle as a sound basis for future pensions policies: a contributory scheme on a pay-as-you-go basis; popular savings in the form of contributory social insurance; equity between men and women; equity for disabled people; no change to the pension age; an affordable system; accountability through a National Insurance Commission; and some short-term action to raise the basic state pension (BSP) to the level of the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030724208 Bd |
| Classmark | JJ: JK: TM2 |
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