Great piece by Callum Mason:
No, the Tories are not going to slash pensions to pay for the proposed cuts to national insurance...
...but that 'vague and bodged announcement' at the Budget doesn't really mean anything
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Trainline here channelling my Dad after I applied to Birmingham University

Nice to see the government now accepting that there's no specific link between NICs payments and public services funding

There is barely any connection at all between the amount of NICs paid & the amount of benefits received.

& NICs are not hypothecated in any meaninful way...

This is obviously not going to happen as I've written here: inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Though the Gov gave Labour a massive open goal with their Spring Budget fudge about ditching NI and it shouldn't surprise them it's being exploited!

If you’re over 60, don’t worry – the Government won’t up your state pension age by Callum Mason for i newspaper

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Claims from Labour at the moment that unfunded spending commitments from the Gov mean the state pension age may have to rise for over 60s.

The good news is it's not true, but Jeremy Hunt has himself to blame for allowing Labour to make the claim at all... inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

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Home Office staff have been asked to apply for jobs in Rwanda to help process asylum seekers sent there from the UK.

A team of UK civil servants is due to begin work in Kigali next month.

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Great to talk to Callum about our Institute for Government research on civil service pay and pensions. More flexibility needed ⬇️

US-style chicken ‘mega-farms’ run by firms that supply meat to McDonald’s, Nando’s, Tesco and M&S are causing surges in emissions of a potentially deadly gas

My investigation with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @andrew_wasley

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US-style chicken mega-farms supplying McDonald's and Tesco spark toxic gas surge. Important investigation by Lucie Heath and Andrew Wasley for i newspaper and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism inews.co.uk/news/us-style-…

💷 Public-sector pensions are known for being more generous than most private-sector schemes – but pay is not always competitive

🔎 Big Read by Callum Mason

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The DfE is actively considering changing the way special schools are funded as a senior official admits it is a 'very odd situation' for the money per place to have remained at £10k for more than ten years. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Lots of discussion recently from Tim Leunig & others on how redressing the pay & pensions balance in the public sector could aid recruitment.

I asked experts in edu, health and the civ service whether it'd help, and Steve Webb & Institute for Fiscal Studies how it'd work. inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Fantastic to see another brilliant tweet from my colleague Harry Robertson getting the platform it deserves.

Interviewed Intergenerational Foundation co-founder angus hanton this week on why he believes baby boomers like himself have had it so good financially, why younger generations haven’t, and what people his own age - and politicians - need to do to change that:

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How Gove’s leasehold reforms could affect your pension.

TLDR in the grand scheme of things - don’t be losing sleep over them! inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Hmm could have been this or equally could have been our story on peoples' pension pots lacking FSCS protection taking off, it's sadly impossible to say.

Of course I'm familiar with The Tortured Poets Department!

Ok starting to get a bit worried

Third leg at a neutral stadium in Qatar - has to be.

Penalties in Saudi a day later if still a draw.