Tuesday 22 May 2012

Poll

Should the government commit to a ten year moratorium on key pension rule changes?:

Profiles of MPs

PROFILE Rachel Reeves MP, Rising star

Ceri Jones profiles Rachel Reeves, Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions and champion of the fair treatment of women in raising the state pension age

Labour’s rising star Rachel Reeves has been catapulted into the pension arena at a timely moment for thousands of women. She became Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions in October, just as Chancellor George Osborne announced the Coalition’s proposals to speed up the timetable for the...
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Self-confessed anorak

Steve Webb tells Ceri Jones, financial journalist, of his enduring interest in pensions

Pensions Minister Steve Webb is a self-confessed anorak – thank goodness. A good grasp of the highly technical pensions arena is critical at the current time when so many issues are in play. Mr Webb has spent the morning boning up on contracting out. Did I know, he says, that one could...
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