Laurence O'Brien

What happens to private pension saving when workers move from employee jobs to self-employment and how does this vary for different groups of workers?

More than three-quarters of employees who consistently saved into a pension stop doing so when they move into self-employment.

This report summarises new longitudinal analysis to understand how life courses are associated with pension saving and retirement outcomes.

This online event presented findings from a new report on how the reform will likely affect different groups of employees and employers.

Rather than being a principled reform to the taxation of pensions, this change creates another new arbitrary line in the tax system.

Who would be most affected by the government’s planned reform to the NICs treatment of salary sacrifice pensions and would it improve the tax system?

How is wealth distributed and how has this changed over time? We use a consistent methodology for valuing pension wealth to answer these questions.

The state pension age is being increased from 66 to 67. What is the rationale for this and what might its effects be?

What the government pays its workers matters for their living standards, for taxpayers, and for the economy as a whole.

It is welcome that the new Pensions Commission will assess the adequacy of the retirement savings of today’s working-age generations.

The government is reportedly considering changing student loans and pensions for resident doctors. We consider the merits of potential changes.

This article assesses the outlook for future retirees whilst also providing policy recommendations and a blueprint to improve the UK pension system.

Can the UK pensions system deliver a decent standard of living in retirement? We explore the challenges and changes needed.

We discuss pensions saving rates of the self-employed and what government can do to encourage more saving.

The proposals put forward maintain an important balance between the state, employers and workers.

How does automatic enrolment work and how could government improve the system?

At this event researchers presented the final recommendations of the Pensions Review.

We provide concrete recommendations to improve the UK pension system to secure better standards of living for future pensioners.