Mike Taylor

No pensions panacea

29 June 2011 | Mike Taylor

There isn’t a universal cure to help reform all public sector pensions – the local government scheme needs to be treated differently because of its funded nature Read more

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Pension proposals could destroy LGPS, by Mike Taylor

9 February 2011 | Mike Taylor

Treasury proposals to increase public sector workers pension contributions by 3% over the next three years (equating to £900m from the Local Government Pensions Scheme) could destroy the LGPS ahead of Lord Hutton’s final report on the future of public sector pensions. Read more...

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Taking care of pensions, by Mike Taylor

21 December 2010 | Mike Taylor

Lord Hutton has been charged by the government to explore how to make public sector pensions more affordable, yet still provide an adequate retirement income for Britain’s millions of public sector workers. Read more...

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Taking politics out of pensions, by Mike Taylor

20 April 2010 | Mike Taylor

The concept of “gold plated” pensions has become a staple for UK newspaper coverage of the public sector. It’s easy to see why, when corporate pensions are in turmoil and millions of private sector workers are faced with the closure of their defined benefit pension schemes and the growth of defined contribution alternatives that shift the onus of retirement saving from the employer to the employee. Read more...

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