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.
Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing opinion pieces from a range of organisations exploring different areas of adequacy and retirement income needs, in many cases utilising research and studies to illustrate the scale of the issues facing the Pensions Commission.
In doing this, Pensions Expert hopes to support a more informed discussion on retirement adequacy and fairness within the system, and to involve voices not normally heard within the pensions industry.
You can read the first contribution from the Trades Union Congress here.
Organisations involved in the project include:
- Trades Union Congress
- Intergenerational Foundation
- The Fabian Society
- Federation of Small Businesses
- Retirement Income Taskforce
These will not be easy reads in some cases. The data paints a stark picture of pensioner poverty, low savings rates, and a lack of capacity to put money away for the future.
Fixing these issues will require new ideas, some of them radical, and some of them potentially unpopular. Nevertheless, these ideas deserve a fair hearing.
Organisations have been invited to participate purely to bring a wide range of perspectives to the industry discussion on adequacy. Their inclusion is not an endorsement by Pensions Expert or DG Publishing, nor do the articles and their contents necessarily reflect the views of Pensions Expert or DG Publishing.
I hope you will find this series interesting and illuminating, and that it will spark more industry debate about how we can ensure a comfortable and enjoyable retirement for all.
Nick Reeve is editor of Pensions Expert.
