The Great Pensions Robbery: How the Politicians Betrayed Retirement - Softcover

Brummer, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847940382 ISBN 13: 9781847940384

Publisher: Random House UK, 2011

Synopsis

Once Britain's pensions system was admired around the world. Now it is in tatters, and vast numbers of the country's citizens face the grim choice of enduring a poverty-stricken future or working until they drop. What on earth went wrong? 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Alex Brummer is one of the UK's leading financial journalists and commentators. After a long and successful stint at the Guardian he became City Editor at the Daily Mail in 2000. Awards he has received include Business Journalist of the Year 2006, Newspaper Journalist 2002, and Best City Journalist 2000. His books include Hanson: A Biography, Weinstock: The Life and Times of Britain's Premier Industrialist, and The Crunch.

Review:

"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 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House UK
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847940382
• ISBN 13: 9781847940384
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238