It felt more like a pre-election than a post-election one – and was shot through by a sense of the Chancellor’s political mortality.
A social justice budget from the Chancellor in March would target incentives to save on those who need them more.
The Autumn Statement and Spending Review were far too interventionist.
These proposals recommend a single, national rate of Government pension matching contribution for money purchase schemes.
The Chancellor should to turn National Insurance into a meaningful way people can save for their retirement.
With large current account and budget deficits, that long-term economic plan of promoting savings, investment and exports is very much a work in progress.
The Chancellor’s instincts on pensions are right. He favours more freedom and responsibility, and has acted accordingly.
As the election looms, the papers are shifting back to their political comfort zones. But the consensus is that Osborne has drawn some of the sting from Miliband’s attack.
The Financial Inclusion Commission found that despite progress there is no cause for complacency.
A proposal from the ConservativeHome manifesto.
Plus: Rubbish in the Sun. Andy Carroll is out. A mystery Tory is in – with an au pair, at any rate. My controversial book on the NHS. And: Lord Fink is right.
It is a costly fiscal transfer from the broad body of taxpayers to the rich
 and old.
Three of his priorities are jobs, housing and retirement. Our three are homes, jobs and savings.
Over four out of five approve of it, and only one in ten disapprove.
The thicket of perverse incentives, uncertainty and reliefs must be sorted out.