Join key policymakers, influencers and experts to help identify policy priorities for the next Government and ensure more of us have access to a decent income in retirement.

Over the past decade, auto-enrolment into pensions has helped millions more people save for their old age. But the amounts saved are likely to remain inadequate for many people.

It is increasingly difficult for younger people to save as they face increased housing costs, precarious salaries, and wage stagnation. There are around two million freelancers in the UK and around half of these have no pension provision. Having a decent retirement income requires us all to stay healthier for longer, yet over one million of us leave the workforce involuntarily between the age of 50 and the State Pension Age.

Pensions policy has become a political football, one that concerns political strategists across all parties, who are reluctant to engage in difficult discussions such as increasing the state pension age or amending the triple lock ahead of a general election. Yet how the Government balances public spending across generations, when people aged under 40 hold just 4% of the UK’s wealth, means we need to take the brave decisions now to benefit the generations to come.

We’re at a tipping point and the policy decisions in the next few years will have a significant impact on the long-term retirement income prospects for older people today and in the years to come. Do come and join us to help ensure that these decisions will benefit all of us for years to come. Confirmed speakers so far include:

• Professor Jo Blanden, Professor in Economics, University of Surrey
• Molly Broome, Economist, Resolution Foundation
• Nida Broughton, co-Director of Economic Policy, Behavioural Insights Team
• Jonathan Cribb, Associate Director and Head of Retirement, Savings, and Ageing, Institute of Fiscal Studies
• Fiona Dunsire, UK Government Actuary, Government Actuary’s Department
• Joanne Elson CBE – Chief Executive Officer, Independent Age
• Steve Groves – Chair, Key Retirement Group
• Tish Hanifan – Founder and Joint Chair of the Society of Later life Advisers
• Nadia Isgiz, Project Manager – Living Pension, Living Wage Foundation
• Mick McAteer – Co-Director, The Financial Inclusion Centre
• Sir Stephen Timms MP – Chair, Work & Pensions Committee

If you would like to attend the Retirement Income Summit on Thursday 13 June 2024, please click here or the button below to register.

We also have opportunities available to sponsor this event – for more information, please email paulgoulden@ilcuk.org.uk