Tories argue pensions is a political matter

Speaking at a City Forum roundtable event last week, a mock jury questioned the need for politicians to meddle into pensions, with Andrew Hilton, director at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation adding: “It’s a case of people who talk about instead of people who know about.” In response, shadow secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Willetts MP replied politicians were democratically elected representatives charged with that responsibility. Outlining a Conservative approach towards pensions going forward, Willetts proposes a system which reverses past Tory policy and...