Latest Publications

As the UK government contemplates root and branch reform of public sector pensions, this edited collection brings together a range of expert contributions to explore the arguments behind the debate and the options facing ministers.

This report examines the evidence that current pension rules, associated with the UK 'annuities deal', deter pension saving. The report also explores in detail the practical considerations and problems that would be confronted by the multiple 'early access' models of pension saving that have been proposed.

Published just before the long awaited Pensions Commission report on the future of pensions, the SMF working group’s report, What if? A UK model for compulsory pensions, explores how pension compulsion might best be implemented.

This paper was intended to provide the SMF working group on pension compulsion with a starting point for discussion and a preliminary agenda for its meetings.

In this publications Peter Lilley argues that compulsion is the only real solution to Britain's pension crisis.