Broadstone technical director David Brooks analyses the pension announcements made by chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Budget, and questions what is the purpose of the lifetime allowance. 

A whistle-stop roundup of pensions at the political parties' annual conferences and a recommendation to stick with the power of inertia for the self-employed, courtesy of Broadstone's David Brooks.

Employers and trustees must work together to create a fairer future for tomorrow's pensioners, says Broadstone's David Brook

From the blog: Battle lines are being drawn and two sides are developing on how past pension promises should be managed.

The argument is that we exist in a period of crisis within the defined benefit universe, which is a significant drag on UK plc.

Many schemes have the retail price index hardcoded into their rules, although RPI is now a junk statistic that, one gets the sense, is being produced under duress by the Office for National Statistics.

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