Amanda Cooke, Pensions and Legal Policy: Lessons on the Shift from Public to Private, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 229 pp, hb £70.00. Since the end of the Second World War, successive UK governments have attempted to achieve the objective of adequate retirement benefit provision via predominantly private-sector means. Individuals have been expected to join occupational pension schemes or purchase private pensions, rather than rely solely on the state pension, which is designed to supplement these arrangements. However, participation in private pension arrangements has remained relatively low, particularly amongst lower-paid workers. Auto-Enrolment (AE), first introduced in the Pensions Act 2008, is a response to this dearth of private pension provision. Initiatives such as AE are designed to make it easier for the individual to make positive choices and harder for them to make negative ones …
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Stephen Hawes, Amanda Cooke, Pensions and Legal Policy: Lessons on the Shift from Public to Private, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 229 pp, hb £70.00, Modern Law Review, 10.1111/1468-2230.12658. First published: 25 June 2021.
First posted 2021-06-28 08:00:33
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