Category: Housing
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The pensions world is very interested in the upcoming pensions review on adequacy and retirement outcomes. There is widespread concern about the level of contributions people, employers and Government are paying into private pensions and thought will need to be put into how to increase contribution levels to meet retirement income adequacy measures such as…
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I gave evidence to the work and pensions select committee today on pensioner poverty. They are interested in the causes of pensioner poverty and the role that state pensions and benefits play in ameliorating poverty. We talked about so many things during the hour in which I gave evidence alongside Carl Emmerson (IFS), Carole Easton…
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I was so interested to read the Resolution Foundation’s (RF) Housing Outlook 2024, which highlighted that increases in Housing Costs are increasingly pushing poorer families with children below the poverty line. The RF pointed to more children growing up in the private rental sector as a key determinant and calculate that high rental costs in…