Tag Archives: Retirement

We’re all this together (Part 3)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by jruddy

The coalition government announced in the autumn that they would force pension funds to uprate their benefits only in line with the Consumer Price Index, instead of the more widely used RPI. The CPI is a less well known method … Continue reading →

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Public Sector Pensions – ripe for the cull?

Posted on June 15, 2010 by jruddy

News reports today (Wednesday 15th June) indicate that public sector pensions are going to be next on the chopping block. The Office of Budget Responsibility report released yesterday says that the costs of paying them are “unsustainable” and “unaffordable”. The … Continue reading →

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