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Labour's pension challenge
— building a progressive settlement | | Author(s) | Neil Churchill, Michelle Mitchell |
| Corporate Author | Catalyst Forum; Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | The Catalyst Forum, in association with Age Concern, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 44 pp (A Catalyst working paper) |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. Email: catalyst@catalystforum.org.uk Website: www.catalystforum.org.uk |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Social policy ; Labour. |
| Annotation | On present trends, tomorrow's pensioners will be worse off than today's. Many of today's workers have no access to adequate private or occupational pensions, and the Labour government has yet to define a clear long-term strategy for pensions reform. This report considers the crisis in the UK pensions system, examines its causes and consequences, and notes the urgency for a solution as the babyboomer generation is now approaching retirement. The challenge for Labour is to build a new consensus around a radical and durable pensions settlement that protects the poorest and achieves fairness for ordinary working people. This report aims to contribute to the debate among voluntary sector organisations, trade unions and Labour Party members. The authors offer their own proposals for change, based on an extension of state provision as the most inclusive and redistributive form of "compulsion" available. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050317002 B |
| Classmark | JJ: TM2: VL3 |
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