Michael Johnson

A shift from an ‘EET' to a ‘TEE' tax system could save the government £10bn a year, experts estimate.

Why an upcoming consultation should look at the whole range of ‘unjustifiable costs’ heaped on savers

Chancellor George Osborne's commitment to austerity might force him to break his promise on the triple lock for state pensions. Michael Klimes finds out why

The government must rein in pension promises, or find the funds to back them as the state's unfunded liabilities approach £6trn, argues the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).

New pensions minister Ros Altmann must continue with the package of bold reforms that her predecessor began and focus on encouraging a "rebirth of savings culture" in the UK, Michael Johnson has said.

The industry is sceptical about providing a default retirement option, with two thirds believing members' pots should stay invested until they make a decision, according to PP research.

Michael Johnson has proposed that retirees are defaulted into drawdown after research by PP found little support for his original call for a default option of index-linked annuities.

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Pension figures have rejected calls to introduce a default retirement option of an inflation-linked annuity defined contribution members.

The Budget reform package coupled with generation Y's complete disengagement from traditional retirement saving has effectively killed pensions in their current form, according to Michael Johnson.