National Pensions day to focus on Turner proposals

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The public will be able to have their say on the Pensions Commission's findings and these results will help inform a Government White Paper, says Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton.

Options set out in the Pensions Commission report, published on 30 November, will form the basis of the next phase of the National Pensions Debate leading up to National Pensions Day, involving simultaneous consultation events in major cities across the UK. Announcing the next steps at a meeting with key partners in the pensions reform process, Hutton comments: “Lord Turner has made it clear that we do not face a pensions crisis today – but we must not put off taking action if we are to prevent tomorrow’s pensioners facing poverty in old age. “We are determined to reach as broad a natio...

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