Government urged to end 'short-term' approach towards pensions policy

Lang Cat and People’s Partnership call for introduction of long-term savings commission

Martin Richmond
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Government urged to end 'short-term' approach towards pensions policy

The government should end the cycle of “short-term thinking” and the politicising of pensions policy with the introduction of a long-term savings commission for defined contribution (DC) savers, an industry report has found.

The research report - How do you solve a problem like DC pensions? - published today (13 February) by the Lang Cat and commissioned by People's Partnership, conducted a series of interviews with in...

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