Editorial: Talking pensions with cabbies and consumers

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Just lately, it seems you can't escape from being reminded of the mess that has become the UK pensions crisis.

Every national newspaper has flashed wild, fear-riddled headlines about pension theft – adopting the Tory Party’s line and accusing the government of stealing from pension funds - or the possible closure of occupational pension funds, pensioner poverty as well as the basic need to save more as individuals. In London, the black cab drivers have started talking pensions as one of their regular subjects. When cabbies talk pensions instead of celebrities, it suggests a major shift in public concern. Whether it’s the looming black holes hovering over some occupational schemes – including that...

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