New research out today "Retirement Voice 2025: How an era of uncertainty is affecting our attitudes towards retirement" We used a new 6k survey of the UK population. I had fun designing the charts! Find out how people feel about finances, work and retirement www.standardlife.co.uk/centre-for-t...

Very much looking forward to this today: www.ipsos.com/en-uk/pensio...

Such short-sighted behaviour here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you’re interested in the future of retirement - sufficient occupational pensions, decent employment, sustainable state pension, that sort of thing - the work of my rebranded think tank might be of interest: www.standardlife.co.uk/centre-for-t...

This is an excellent Lords Select Committee session - nominally on the economics of ageing - but opens up all the big topics: ageism, productivity, career change, fertility, social care, and the 'nastiest, hardest problem in finance' @csfoot.bsky.social parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

This is the best thing I've read on the debate around disability & incapacity benefits Clearly sets out the reality of the current system, the challenges it faces, and what might actually help address them Brilliant work from Citizens Advice's @craigpberry.bsky.social medium.com/@craig.berry...

New post from me on Substack arguing that it's high time for adult careers guidance services to be part of the solution to economic growth. open.substack.com/pub/catherin...

Our new report out today makes the case for a secret weapon in efforts to get more people into good jobs and boost economic growth: adult careers guidance services. www.thephoenixgroup.com/phoenix-insi...

One of the clearest pieces on this I read so far. open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

There’s been some great stuff this week on the “what is Labour’s approach to growth” question. You’ve probably read or ignored it all by now, but worth a quick recap?

Promising if temporally vague news that DWP Minister Baroness Maeve Sherlock said in the Lords yesterday “we are committed to a second phase focused on retirement adequacy, of which we will provide further details in due course”. Can almost hear Nigel Hawthorne adding “in the fullness of time…”

Colleagues in social care will be grimly familiar with the idea of a Gvt review to put off taking action. In pensions world, news over the weekend came that the Gvt is even thinking of postponing a review… “Rachel Reeves puts pensions review on hold” on.ft.com/3DtfYir via @marymcd.bsky.social

Feeling a bit low and perimenopausal tonight. But had a hot shower of managed decline and feel much more comfortable.

So proud of my friend Anna Dixon MP today for her impassioned, eloquent and deeply thought contribution to today’s incredibly difficult vote on assisted dying. youtu.be/C-X3ySsNks8?...

Political blather about conditionality aside, what are we expecting to see from the Employment White Paper? Personally, my expectations have been successfully managed: I’m expecting a direction of travel but not much else. Things I’ll be keeping an eye out for…🧵

Ahead of the Get Britain Working White Paper, here's 5 things you need to know. 1. 80% employment rate would mean 1.5-2.5m more people in work. Other countries have done it & we can get there by narrowing gaps between groups. 3.5m out of work but want a job. learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...

Despite the inevitable promise to ‘crack down on benefits cheats’, next week’s white paper could set out plans for a much more positive and much more meaningful effort to rebuild our public employment service www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Really enjoying having a place again where I can look at Brits’ excited pictures of the first snow while I watch a few solitary flakes fall and melt in west London. ❄️❄️❄️

Is there a UK employment / labour market starter pack doing the rounds at all, do you know @paulbivand.bsky.social @wilsontony.bsky.social @andrewphillips.bsky.social @emilyishness.bsky.social?

Ahead of the 'Get Britain Working' White Paper, it's good to see Liz Kendall and Wes Streeting highlighting the close relationship between work and health when visiting one of the WorkWell pilots: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Thanks so much @jobibby.bsky.social and a big hello to new followers. To introduce myself, I’m ex-King’s Fund & Ageing Better, now running a think tank on population ageing for a pension company. I am particularly interested in the employment & financial causes & consequences of health inequalities

Fantastic news @wilsontony.bsky.social what a great appointment

The absolute banter result “Dr Newman received the award for…finding that supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud” www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

Great to see this launch today. Congratulations @wilsontony.bsky.social - an inspiring vision of an effective, human, respectful public service 👏

This is exactly what I was missing most from having given up on twitter. Policy bods sharing important and timely reports and papers. It’s so comforting that BlueSky has reached that tipping point to be a reliable new home for this.

The rise of health-related inactivity is much noted yet - to date - hasn't sparked much creative policy thinking. A timely paper by Paul Gregg sets out new directions for thinking on benefits, employment support & employer responsibilities. Worth your time. www.health.org.uk/publications...

Has anyone spotted people interested in UK pensions policy on here yet?

How can we reach an 80% employment target? The Gvt have set this ambition (the blue dotted line in the chart below). Dividing workers into age groups makes very clear it is workers under 25 and over 50 who need to be the primary focus of action if we are to reach an 80% target overall.

Would you take to the streets about your state pension? They have in France, and I think in the UK we too need to fundamentally rethink our social contract about work and retirement. I’ve explained why I think that in this blog medium.com/@catherine_f...