Editorial: Is pensions policy political or philosophical?

All of the major political parties have agreed to set politics aside and work together to try and build a pensions policy which serves future generations and not just the present government. But it is David Blunkett and Stephen Timms – as secretary of state for work and pensions and pensions minister respectively – have been tasked with reforming the current regime to make sure people have sufficient funds for retirement and are not a burden on the state, so any decision will in the end be made partly on political grounds. Given his previous hard line at the Home Office, you could be ...