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A future we can trust
— pensions or pin money? | | Author(s) | Mervyn Kohler, Richard Wilson |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2002 |
| Pages | 15 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The message from government for the last 20 years has been to scale down the future public liability for pensions, and to stimulate more personal responsibility. The message from the public is that this process has gone too far, and that the personal risks have become unacceptable. This paper seeks to build on the better changes in the last few years and to lay the groundwork for a new consensus. It outlines 12 mistakes or problems arising in 2001 alone. It notes that while many consumers are not saving enough for their old age, equally the UK is relatively mean to its pensioners. Non-take-up of benefits and reduced rights for women are among the reasons why pensioners are much more likely to live in poverty than those of working age. This paper seeks an independent pensions authority reflecting the views of all parties, and charged with meeting the principle that a pension should be an individual entitlement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030925218 B |
| Classmark | JJ: TM2 |
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