VIEWPOINT: Retirement reform

The gentle and protracted tinkering around the edges of pension reform of the last 20 years is not just fiddling while Rome burns but has become a contributory factor. There have been small steps in the right direction but while one ineffective pensions bill after another has given politicians the opportunity to claim they have addressed the problem, in reality, the flames are burning ever brighter. If more people could see through the smokescreen, the upcoming election would be fought on retirement reform as much as deficit reduction.