Pensions industry pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Ros was quoted by FT’s Pensions Expert paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The new Prime Minister has a thankless task on her hands.
Ros and Lord Frank Field’s open statement encouraging the Prime Minister to cap energy costs and ensure that there is an interruption of the inflation spiral is reported in Financial Adviser. ( link to pdf )
Energy price crisis is ‘Dunkirk’ emergency that needs ‘radical action’, ex-ministers say
Ros and Frank Field’s Dunkirk Moment warning is quoted in the Independent with their call for the new PM to temporarily cap energy price rises at lower levels and radically reform the pricing mechanism for energy costs while also lowering inflation.
‘This is a Dunkirk moment’: Freeze energy bills or cap rises at 5% this winter, BARONESS ALTMANN and LORD FIELD urge next Prime Minister
ThisIsMoney website published Ros and Frank Field’s article calling for a radical rethink of energy policy and privatisation, recommending a direct freeze on prices in order to also reduce overall inflation with many spin off benefits to the economy, households and small business.
Were you a stay at home mum in the 1980s or 90s? You could be owed £80,000 in unclaimed state pension payouts – here’s how to check
Ros is quoted by ThisIsMoney lamenting the fact that it is so often women who fall through the cracks in pension policy and receive less state pension than they should, as well as being at risk of lower private pension. ( link to pdf )
Energy crisis is a ‘Dunkirk moment’: Frank Field and Ros Altmann
Ros’ work with policy legend Lord Frank Field is quoted in FT Financial Adviser, calling for direct action to reduce inflation to avoid poverty and business collapses, and reduce the wage-price spiral. ( link to pdf )
State pension could hit £10,880 a year if inflation keeps surging – but will the Government keep its triple lock promise this time?
Ros was quoted in ThisIsMoney calling on the Government to ensure it does not betray pensioners again in 2023, after short-changing them in 2022 as inflation soared.
Daily Express calls for ‘forgotten’ older people to be given a voice in Government
Ros wrote a comment article and is also quoted by the Daily Express, calling for a dedicated joined-up approach to policies for elderly people, to ensure their needs are considered carefully by policymakers, rather than rushing headlong into digital only ‘progress’ which excludes them from society. ( link to pdf )
‘British Gas offered me a new deal – but it cost £16,000’
Ros is quoted by the Daily Telegraph warning that energy companies should not be allowed to profiteer on customers by over-charging them for fixed rate deals, which have no escape clause and can be far more expensive than current market rates.
Civil servants to enjoy bumper pensions while other workers’ payouts are capped
Ros was quoted in the Daily Telegraph explaining how valuable public sector pensions are and the differential between limited price indexation for private sector pensions, while unfunded public sector schemes give uncapped protection – however high cpi goes, pensions rise the same amount.