Work and Pensions. Select Committee Inquiry into Pensions Reform. Submission by ippr

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The Pension Commission's Second Report is an exhaustively researched, coherently argued and valuable contribution to the debate over the future of pensions provision in the UK. The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) agrees with some of the recommendations, but disagrees with others. In this submission we give an exact account of our agreements and disagreements with the recommendations.

The Pension Commission's Second Report is an exhaustively researched, coherently argued and valuable contribution to the debate over the future of pensions provision in the UK.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) agrees with some of its recommendations, but disagrees with others. In this submission we give an exact account of our agreements and disagreements with the recommendations. Where we disagree, we explain why, and give details of our preferred alternative.

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