Nigel Vinson
Nigel Vinson (born 27 January 1931) is a British businessman, member of the House of Lords and right-wing operative. [1] He was created a life peer as Baron Vinson of Roddam Dene in the County of Northumberland On 7 February 1985.
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Corporate activism and think tanks
In 1972 Vinson was a Council member of the corporate propaganda body Aims of Industry.[2] In May 1972 Vinson started the process of creating the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust which was registered with the Charity Commission in January 1973.[3] Vinson was appointed treasurer of the Centre for Policy Studies at its foundation in 1974.[4]
Views and activities
Pensions
In April 1983, the Centre for Policy Studies published a pamphlet by Vinson, then a deputy chairman of Barclays Bank. Entitled Personal and Portable Pensions for All, it challenged the role of workplace pensions. The concept of personal pensions was taken up by the Conservative Government's review group in the face of opposition from the Labour Party, which argued that they would lead to mis-selling and many would end up worse off.[5]
| Funding disbursed by the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust in £ sterling [6] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient Organisation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Total 2005-2010 | ||
| Centre for Policy Studies | - | 157,000 | 297,000 | 119,000 | 241,751 | 172,167 | |||
| Chillingham Wild Cattle Association | - | - | - | - | 3,000 | ||||
| Christian Fellowship | - | - | - | - | 3,000 | ||||
| Civitas | - | - | - | - | 3,000 | ||||
| The Country Trust | - | - | - | - | 3,000 | ||||
| Educational Research Trust | 2,500 | 19,000 | - | - | - | ||||
| Hampden Trust | 36,500 | 31,500 | 25,782 | 19,250 | 14,700 | ||||
| Global Britain | - | 23,730 | 19,000 | 17,850 | 23,750 | ||||
| Institute of Economic Affairs | - | - | 10,000 | - | - | ||||
| Institute for Policy Research | - | - | 5,000 | - | 4,500 | ||||
| Open Europe | 70,000 | 95,346 | 127,000 | 181,500 | 105,000 | ||||
| Politeia | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,500 | 10,000 | 12,500 | ||||
| Taxpayers Alliance | - | - | - | 10,000 | - | ||||
| Young Britons Foundation | - | - | - | 1,000 | 100 | ||||
Affiliations
- Civitas, Trustee | Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust | Taxpayers' Alliance, 'Business supporter'[7] | Global Vision, 'supporter' | Aims of Industry Council member 1972[2] |
External Resources
- TheyWorkForYou Lord Vinson
Notes
- ↑ Margaret Thatcher & the Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-79, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, accessed 21 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Aims of Industry 30 years of Aims of Industry London: Aims of Industry 1972.
- ↑ Charity Commission Charity Framework, accessed 5 May 2011.
- ↑ Margaret Thatcher & the Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-79, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, accessed 21 April 2010.
- ↑ Nic Cicutti, The great pensions scandal: When you get to their age, you may not have enough to live on. Nick Cicutti investigates. . ., Sunday Independent, 22 May 1994.
- ↑ Data compiled from filings at the Charity Commission.
- ↑ Taxpayers' alliance Prominent supporters, Accessed 18 November 2010
