IFA comment: don't expect government innovation on pensions

Two very different comments in response to yesterday’s editorial suggests while the government might be keen to sort out the lack of take-up by consumers, in reality they’re unlikely to make a difference. George Collier, IFA, suggests the discrepancy is in the treatment of public versus private sector workers: I may have a jaundiced view, but is it not the case that no government, even with cross-party agreement, will take the radical measures needed to deal with the huge pension and savings shortfall for fear of committing political suicide? Yet the answer is so simple. It came as n...