Hutton says 'Turner' is beginning, not end, of pensions debate

Giving his first major speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research since taking over the role of Secretary of State, Hutton set out five key tests including affordability, against which all suggested measures, both from the Turner report and elsewhere, will be compared. Of these the first test, whether the system promotes personal responsibility, was given most emphasis by Hutton. Although he has said it was “absolutely the government’s responsibility to provide a decent State pension and a floor beneath which no-one should be allowed to fall”, he adds the primary responsibility fo...