FOS failings shocking
Daily Mail: half a million victims of PPI mis-selling may have been unfairly dealt with by failings at the FOS.
MPs have chance to beef up pension cold-calling ban to make it more effective and ensure more get impartial guidance
MPs must ensure Government’s promised cold-calling ban actually works. Providers should also be required to automatically refer customers to PensionWise guidance. Financial Guidance and Claims Bill comes to Commons tomorrow for crucial votes – a chance to achieve proper protections, not just worthy headlines. I hope Government will back Frank Field’s amendments for cold-calling and automatic pensions guidance rather than its own weaker proposals. An opportunity to improve consumer protection properly: The House of Commons will vote tomorrow, Monday 12
Simplify ISAs, don’t add more
Daily Telegraph article – Scrap the Lifetime ISA and have an Everything ISA
This extreme Brexit could break up the UK – and Conservatives like me are horrified
New Statesman article about protecting the Good Friday Agreement and the integrity of the United Kingdom.
Moderate Tories horrified at hard Brexit stance
New Statesman article on Brexit.
Disability benefit appeals injustice
Guardian article quoting Ros’ concerns about the costs incurred by DWP in defending appeals against disability benefit rejections – would be great to get this right in the first place
UK State Pension is lowest in developed world – official:
Daily Mail article on Ros release about the UK state pension being the lowest in the developed world but still needing to be cut further, even if pension age rises to 71 for all under 20s
State Pension age rising to 70 even though UK State Pension is lowest in the world
UK State Pension officially the worst in the world – but still needs to be cut further. Middle income groups receive worse pensions than any other country in the OECD. Government actuaries say under-30s won’t get state pension till their 70s as new State Pension system is unaffordable. The Government Actuary says the UK State Pension is not sustainable, even though it is the lowest in the developed world, according to latest OECD figures. UK bottom of the global pensions
Pensions black hole
Daily Telegraph ‘Pensions black hole – who is next in pensions time bomb?’
EU Withdrawal Bill in the Lords
Politico Europe interviewed Ros and quotes her views on Brexit – the passage of the EU Withdrawal Bill through the House of Lords