Worried about the white paper direction

The process kicked off at the end of October with two documents - a summary of the 350 responses to the white paper consultation and the government’s reply to the Work & Pensions Select Committee’s report on pensions reform. But these publications did precious little to move the debate on. The government wanted to use the summary of responses as evidence there was general consensus on its plans. And reading the document you get that overall feeling of well-being. There certainly don’t appear to be any ‘show-stoppers’. But there were three areas where my company held different views – and...