Sentences with phrase «said pensions minister»

«The idea that one day you work and the next you stop can be a shock to the system,» said pensions minister Mike O'Brien.

Not exact matches

Haldane received strong criticism at the time of the interview, with Ros Altmann, the former pensions minister, saying his comments were «irresponsible.»

Russia is close to drawing up a draft law to raise the pension age, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

The bailout extension deal does away with further «reductions in salaries and pensions, with measures that lead to recession and with exaggerated (primary budget) surplus (targets),» the prime minister said.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is describing an expanded Canada Pension Plan as a «payroll tax,» but says he can see how such a move would benefit Canadians over the long term.

The PCS union said ministers had fixed the terms of negotiation over public sector pensions in a way which would seriously undermine the possibility of an agreement being reached.

This morning Baroness Altmann, who quit as pensions minister last month, said she believed the commitment to increasing by 2.5 % should be dropped at the next general election.

Work and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb said: «He held his own, I thought he explained in a very clear and cool way just why staying part of Europe is the best thing for Britain, why our economic prosperity depends vitally on being part of that single market of 500 million consumers, and I think the Prime Minister did a very good job tonight.»

Meanwhile at the party headquarters of the far right Laos party, sitting under paintings of classical Greek scenes, vice-president Georgios Georgiou explains why they left the current governing coalition (formed under Lucas Papademos last November when the Papandreou government collapsed): «I suggested we leave the coalition... we said not to touch pensions and wages and to get rid of the two million illegal immigrants... you can not have Germans coming in sitting in ministries ordering ministers what to do.»

Government should seriously consider introducing a new role of Infrastructure Minister to back major projects, and pension funds would be more likely to invest in schemes if several smaller proposals were packaged together, a former Cabinet Minister has said.

After looking at his recent record, perhaps the same could be said for the work and pensions minister.

Former prime minister Gordon Brown said in April 2014 that Scotland had an above - average share of the public - sector pension bill and concluded that pensions would be protected by sharing risks and resources within the UK.

[278] UK government pensions minister Steve Webb said in May 2014 that Scots would be entitled to the current levels of state pension after independence because they had accumulated rights within the existing system.

Pension reform minister James Purnell said he would look at the committee's recommendation «seriously», adding that although the government was proud of what it had achieved, more could be done.

Lib Dem pensions minister Steve Webb MP has said he intends to implement the policy in full — and it was backed by a large majority of local representatives on Saturday afternoon.

The prime minister has said he expects Peter Hain to remain in government but accepts the work and pensions secretary's future lies out of his hands.

Shadow disability minister Kate Green said: «This scathing criticism of the government's chaotic handling of PIP leaves serious questions about competence at Department for Work and Pensions.

The Prime Minister will say the basic state pension will rise to # 6,999 a year by 2019/20 according to current forecasts (picture posed by model)

To his credit, Prime Minister David Cameron and his ministers have been robust in defending the reforms, saying that the changes are designed to make public sector pensions affordable for the long term and failure to reform will bankrupt the whole system, a point even many on the Labour benches recognise.

Steve Webb, the pensions minister, said he wanted to give people «certainty» that they would get a guaranteed income when they retired.

«Isn't this part of a much bigger issue which is there is growing anger in what she calls the court of public opinion not just about the pension and renumeration of what are now public sector employees but about other public sector fat cats including senior civil servants and dare I say it ministers about their very lavish and generous pension?»

The move was also blamed for the collapse of some final salary pension schemes, although ministers say the stock market crash, end of the dotcom boom and poor pension saving are to blame.

Even then, the government appealed the Information Commissioner's ruling and the secretary of state for work and pensions told me in Parliament that, «the Department does not collate numbers on people in that circumstance» only to be contradicted by the Prime Minister two days later at PMQs who said that «the data will be published; they are being prepared for publication as we speak.»

He said at a time when agro-businesses are collapsing, industries are suffocating and workers are being laid off, a situation that requires that the people are given hope, further taxes of pensions and allowances are a no, no and the Finance Minister can not be telling Ghanaians to look out for more.

Just to throw in an extra name to the mix, the first scheduled speaker is Steve Webb, the pensions minister who has quietly impressed and also, sources say, quietly sees himself as leadership candidate.

One of the first things the minister for employment said during the debate was that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) proposals would ensure «support is focused on the most vulnerable».

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: «From the very start ministers have quite obviously tried to suffocate the pensions talks, to bully and mislead, and to impose their will on millions of civil servants, teachers, council staff and health workers.

Speaking after today's (27) meeting with ministers over the government's plans to cut public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

Liberal Democrat pensions spokesman David Laws said the ruling showed people who lost their pensions before the protection fund was set up were «grotesquely short - changed» and said ministers must now recognise their «moral responsibility» to help.

Derek Simpson, general secretary of the Amicus union, welcomed today's ruling as a victory, saying ministers now had a «moral obligation» to reimburse the thousands of people who lost their pensions through no fault of their own.

Finance minister Mrs Kemi Adeosun had said the payment would enable states to offset outstanding salaries and pension which had been «causing considerable hardship».

Last year the parliamentary ombudsman said the government should compensate 85,000 workers who lost out on their pensions, saying official leaflets advising them on how to save for their retirement were misleading, but ministers have refused to do so.

Claim: The shadow work and pensions minister - who owns 24 houses - claimed over # 100,000 in allowances, the Daily Telegraph said.

Response: The work and pensions minister's spokesman said Ms Ussher «fully supports» the review into MPs» expenses claims and believed it was right that MPs expenses» claims should be published.

The Tory rebel, who resigned as work and pensions minister over the ex-Chancellor's budget, is speaking out publicly against the planned cut to Universal Credit, which he says will cost three million people more than # 1,000 a year each.

At the time two years ago ex-Lib Dem pensions minister Steve Webb said he would have no problem with older Brits using the freedom to use the cash on a Lamborghini if they wanted to.

Most accounts say Thatcher's experience as a junior Pensions minister and Education Secretary was negligible and affected very little - as PM, she preferred to refer to her time spent as an Opposition spokesman than to her time in government.

«The Minister has just said that the Government proposals would provide greater security for postal workers» pensions, but can he confirm that clause 19 (6)(b) of the Postal Services Bill provides that this or a future Government could waive the pension guarantee and vary the terms of the postal workers» pensions without the approval of the trustees, who will lose their power to protect the pensions under the provisions of the Bill?

Adopting a line taken by ministers throughout the week, a spokesman for the parliamentary under - secretary of state for pensions reform said: «All her claims were in line with the relevant House of Commons rules and guidance and have been approved by the Fees Office.»

The scheme was boosted to # 2.3 billion in March when Gordon Brown committed an extra # 400 million in the Budget, and today pensions minister James Purnell said it would now help about 40,000 people.

Former Tory pensions minister Ros Altmann says punishing old to help young risks alienating core voters

Sir Steve Webb, a former pensions minister who is now director of policy at Royal London, said: «The new state pension has been designed to treat men and women equally.

Ros Altmann, the Conservative peer, pensions expert and pensions minister between 2015 and 2016, has said it would be a mistake for the Treasury to cut taxes for the young by raising taxes for people who are older and better off.

While ministers argued that the # 3bn Work Programme (WP) had seen rising numbers of jobless people finding work, the Department for Work & Pensions said several firms would see a cut in the «number of referrals» from job centres because of «low performance».

Work and pensions minister Mike Penning has said that a gradual shift from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment will mean a the change can be handled «in a more gradual, controlled and manageable way».

Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, has said the government won't compromise on this, but earlier this year Lord Freud, the welfare minister, hinted that change was on the way.

The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said in a statement that he had been so concerned about the problems he had written to former Labour ministers — including Hodge — for permission to release papers from their time in office relating to the fraud allegations.

«Even though Alistair Darling said he wasn't told about Sir Fred Goodwin's obscene pension pay off until last week, it now appears his City Minister knew last autumn.

Abubakar Malami AGF The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he had no regrets meeting with the fugitive former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pensions, AbdulrasheedMaina, in Dubai.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he had no regrets meeting with the fugitive former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pensions, AbdulrasheedMaina, in Dubai.