The government can fix tuition fees. Here’s how
The government must do more to help students deal with university debts, or else create a financial time bomb for future taxpayers when loans are written off, argues Michael Johnson in a piece for The Telegraph published 19 October 2017. “Tuition Fees: A Fairer Formula”, written by Johnson and published by the Centre for Policy... View Article
Michael Johnson CPS research on pensions in Daily Mail
CPS pamphlet “Costly and Ineffective: Why Pension Tax Reliefs Should be Reformed” by Michael Johnson was referred to in a Mail column by Senior Editor of The Economist Anne McElvoy, Sunday 6 March 2016. “But the truth is that pensions tax relief is really a sweetener for higher earners, who have a much bigger incentive... View Article
Press Release: CPS welcomes government enquiry into intergenerational unfairness
On Wednesday January 13 the government announced a major and long overdue inquiry into intergenerational unfairness – a move welcomed by Michael Johnson, Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies, who has written extensively on the issue, raising awareness and urging government action. In Who Will Care for Generation Y?, published by the Centre for Policy... View Article
Press release: Reform failing Local Government Pensions Scheme NOW
The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is rapidly running out of cash to meet pensions in payment, because of excessive pension promises relative to contributions. In a new report LGPS (2018) published by the Centre for Policy Studies on Sunday 10 January 2016, Michael Johnson warns that to avoid crisis the Government must take action now. The LGPS... View Article
Reform failing Local Government Pensions Scheme NOW
The failing LGPS (2014) must be overhauled and replaced with a new sustainable, defined contribution scheme: LGPS (2018).
/research/reform-failing-local-government-pensions-scheme-now/The Local Government Pension Scheme: Crisis Awaits
Chronically mismanaged, the LGPS ultimately risks running out of cash to meet pensions in payment.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Staggering inefficiency of Local Government scheme (Financial Times)
CPS Research Fellow Michael Johnson, author of 'The Local Government Pension Scheme: opportunity knocks', wrote to the Financial Times
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Michael Johnson in Daily Mail on town hall pensions
CPS research fellow Michael Johnson was quoted in a Daily Mail story on town hall pensions rising by £1 billion this year
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Michael Johnson letter in The Times
CPS author Michael Johnson had a letter published in The Times newspaper on rip-off pension penalties.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Michael Johnson quoted by Daily Mail on the Pensions Bill.
Michael Johnson quoted by Daily Mail on the Pensions Bill.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Michael Johnson: Retirees need a default safety net for income (Money Observer)
Michael Johnson: Retirees need a default safety net for income (Money Observer)
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Radical pension plan pitched to UK government (Financial Times)
CPS Research Fellow Michael Johnson spoke to the Financial Times about his new report 'Introducing the Lifetime ISA'.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/Michael Johnson: Pensions – the end of tax relief, and a new beginning (Conservative Home)
CPS pensions expert Michael Johnson wrote for Conservative Home, Wednesday 23 April 2014.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-crisis-awaits/The Local Government Pension Scheme: opportunity knocks
Leading pensions analyst Michael Johnson on the failure of governance in the local government pension scheme.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-opportunity-knocks/Michael Fallon CPS speech in the media
On Monday 25th February, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise Michael Fallon MP conducted a speech for the Centre for Policy Studies entitled, 'Deregulating for Growth.' Below is the media coverage of the speech.
/research/the-local-government-pension-scheme-opportunity-knocks/Media Impact: Michael Johnson proposes annuities clearing house
Michael Johnsons recent paper on solving the annuities problem by establishing a new clearing house. The paper argues that the current annuities market is unfair and that a new means of selling annuities would improve the market for retirees,
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