Why Pensions are Vital to Reward
Ros published an article in Reward Strategy magazine, explaining why pensions are so vital to the strategy for staff remuneration – and latest changes being considered.
Ros Altmann: Everyone should have free basic care
Ros calls for free basic social care in her Money Marketing column. ( link to pdf )
Thousands of grieving relatives call for action to make closing accounts easier
Ros calls for a parallel ‘Tell Us Once’ service for bereaved families to notify private companies of a loved ones death. Govt Departments have this service and it saves hassle and heartache. Settld is trying to persuade private firms to sign up – let’s hope they do. ( link to pdf )
Stop treating social care as political football; here are six tests – Ros Altmann
Ros wrote a Comment article for Yorkshire Post calling for radical social care reform, rather than using the issue as a political football. ( link to pdf )
Coronavirus crisis: Safety alerts from care home staff soar 66%
Daily Express quoted Ros commenting on worrying sharp rise in complaints by care staff about safety in the Covid-19 crisis. Expecting care homes to act like hospitals is unreasonable, forcing them to try to do so without adequate PPE or medical staff is a recipe for disaster.
Is a new tax on the over-40s the solution to Britain’s social care crisis?
The Daily Telegraph discusses rumoured Government plans to launch a new tax for the over 40s to help pay for care and quotes Ros.
Call for evidence offers opportunity to end pension inequality for low income workers
Ros is quoted by website politics.co.uk welcoming the Government’s consultation on reforms to pensions tax relief that could help remove the injustice of forcing the lowest earners to pay an extra 25% for their pensions than they need to. ( link to pdf )
Govt launches consultation into low pension tax jigsaw
Money Marketing highlights Ros welcoming the Government’s consultation on the treatment of low earners in Net Pay pension schemes and the urgency of addressing the problem that affects more than a million women. ( link to pdf )
Watchdog calls for review of UK pensions tax relief
Ros is quoted in the Financial Times calling for the ending of the scandal of low earners having to pay 25% extra for their pensions in Net Pay schemes.
Does the social care sector have a champion in Baroness Ros Altmann?
A major Care firm asks whether Ros should be a new champion for the social care industry and commends her work. ( link to pdf )