Last weekend I attended our annual seminar and conference as a NEC member of the Community Service Group Executive (SGE). The first day kicked off early with an SGE meeting, followed by the Housing Association Sector meeting with members from across th…Read more…
Better Woke than Broke “Opinion: Why Reform UK is misguided, mistaken and just plain wrong on the LGPS”
JG. Glyn was at our Community National Seminar on Friday and I attended his Pensions training workshop. I will post on the seminar later but his rebuttal of the truly ignorant attacks on the LGPS by very rich people who don’t care about older wor…Read more…
UNISON Community Seminar/Conference 2023 – Day 1
UNISON holds an annual Seminar and Conference for members who work in our Community Service Group (Housing Associations and voluntary sector). This year it was held in Bournemouth. Unexpectedly I stepped in to chair a workshop on pensions d…Read more…
UNISON urges caution over new pension scheme (collective defined contribution)
UNISON is 100% right to be careful about this new “CDC” (Collective Defined Contribution Scheme) however, it should not be seen as a replacement for decent existing pension schemes but a realistic option for the so many workers in the UK, who hav…Read more…
A gentler way to talk about pensions
Hat tip Henry Tapper and I totally agree with Henry (on this matter)
“Yesterday afternoon I had a chat with Glyn Jenkins. Most of my conversations with Glyn over the years have been in the bar of Unison’s Marylebone’s offices. Glyn is old school …Read more…
Local Government Pension Scheme is safe and substainable
Check out this response to amongst the daftest report ever by a right wing think tank.
It is more than a shame that organisations such as the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) feel they have to temper their reasoned attacks on the financial services…Read more…