Dear Pensions Commission...

Pensions Expert has invited a range of charities, think tanks, unions and other organisations to set out what they want to see from the relaunched Pensions Commission.

Dear Pensions Commission...

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Nest Insight: Understanding the context of the Pensions Commission

2025-10-06T11:00:00+01:00By Will Sandbrook

The final edition of our ‘Dear Pensions Commission’ series sees Nest Insight’s Will Sandbrook explore the economic context of the relaunched Pensions Commission and how it may affect the commissioners’ approach to adequacy.

Alexandra Miles, IFoA

IFoA: Reframing pension adequacy – a collaborative response to structural gaps

2025-10-01T09:00:00+01:00By Alexandra Miles

Alexandra Miles of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries introduces new research laying out the realities of the pension system inequalities that the Pensions Commission is seeking to address.

Sasjkia Otto, Fabian Society 1

Fabian Society: To ‘finish the job’, address remaining injustices for low earners

2025-09-29T09:30:00+01:00By Sasjkia Otto

In this instalment of Pensions Expert’s ‘Dear Pensions Commission’ series, the Fabian Society’s Sasjkia Otto outlines what her research shows about what future pensioners need.

Tim Miller, Railpen

Railpen: The role of open DB schemes in pensions adequacy

2025-09-24T09:00:00+01:00By Tim Miller

Railpen’s Tim Miller says the resilience of open defined benefit schemes shows that they need to be a part of the Pensions Commission’s thinking on retirement income adequacy, in the latest open letter in our series.

Savings, adequacy, low income, earnings

PPI: From payslip to pension – getting the full picture on low earners

2025-09-22T09:30:00+01:00By John Upton

In this instalment of the ‘Dear Pensions Commission’ series, John Upton of the Pensions Policy Institute explains the organisation’s latest research that sheds light on how auto-enrolment limits affect low earners.

Tina McKenzie, FSB

Federation of Small Businesses: Time to address high costs and low transparency in pensions

2025-09-10T09:05:00+01:00By Tina McKenzie

In the latest instalment of Pensions Expert’ s ‘Dear Pensions Commission’ series, the Federation of Small Businesses’ Tina McKenzie summarises new research revealing the difficulties faced by small employers.

Retirement savings

Margaret Snowdon: A once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape retirement saving

2025-09-08T08:00:00+01:00By

In the third instalment of Pensions Expert’s ‘Dear Pension Commission’ series, Retirement Income Taskforce chair Margaret Snowdon outlines her ideas for changing the state pension, auto-enrolment, and contribution rates to better serve more people.

Emerson, Liz - Intergenerational Foundation

Intergenerational Foundation: Play fair with younger generations

2025-09-03T09:30:00+01:00By Liz Emerson

In the latest in Pensions Expert’s series of open letters to the Pensions Commission, Liz Emerson of the Intergenerational Foundation asks the commissioners to consider who is being asked to foot the bill for retirement sector reforms.

Jones, Jack - TUC

TUC: Pensions Commission should be prepared to go beyond its remit

2025-09-01T09:30:00+01:00By Jack Jones

In the first of a new series, Jack Jones of the Trades Union Congress outlines what the UK’s leading workers’ representative body would like to see from the Pensions Commission.

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‘Dear Pensions Commission…’: Exploring the future of retirement adequacy

2025-09-01T08:00:00+01:00By

Pensions Expert has invited a range of charities, think tanks, unions and other organisations to set out what they want to see from the relaunched Pensions Commission.