The Great Pensions Robbery
How the Politicians Betrayed Retirement
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:3rd Feb '11
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A devastating and gripping account of the pension system scandal - one of the great government scandals of our time.
Once Britain's pensions system was admired around the world. Now it is in tatters. What on earth went wrong? The author finds out how politicians bent on penny-pinching, a bullied and ineffectual civil service, and highly placed but unscrupulous individuals all played their part in fatally undermining a 100-year-old system.
Once Britain's pensions system was admired around the world. Now it is in tatters, and vast numbers of us face the grim choice of enduring a poverty-stricken future or working until we drop. What on earth went wrong?
In The Great Pensions Robbery, award-winning journalist Alex Brummer ventures into the corridors of power to find out how politicians bent on penny-pinching, a bullied and ineffectual civil service, and highly placed but unscrupulous individuals all played their part in fatally undermining a 100-year-old system. And, as he convincingly argues, the story is very far from being over.
An easy read with a strong message * Financial World *
Written in the style of a gripping thriller * Pensions World *
An impressively detailed examination ... also well worth a read for its breezy history of the government's role in pensions, from the creation of the first state pension in 1909 to the present day * Pensions Week *
ISBN: 9781847940384
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 181g
256 pages