“Over a third of baby boomers set to retire later than SPA”

Apr 5, 2022 | Pensions

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

I remember various ‘uncles’ (real or otherwise, everyone was ‘uncle’ then) of my parents’ generation who hated their jobs and spent years counting down to the day they could claim the gold-plated pension which made the misery worthwhile. One didn’t make it to retirement; another had just five toil-free years. Those comfortable pensions are disappearing with their recipients, but maybe that’s not the reason that so many are delaying retirement. Is it such a bad thing that staying in one job with one employer is a thing of the past? I doubt it’s something the next generation consider, even if they had the choice. And perhaps their lives will be all the richer for it.

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“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough to sort out the NHS; and the potholes; and…and the list goes on. My guess is  that they asked the Treasury for a list of anything not involving income tax that they could get away with lightly, although they should already have learned from the winter fuel stuff that all publicity is not good publicity.