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Vinson was appointed treasurer of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] at its foundation in 1974.<ref>[http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/cps2.asp Margaret Thatcher & the Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-79], Margaret Thatcher Foundation, accessed 21 April 2010.</ref>
 
Vinson was appointed treasurer of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] at its foundation in 1974.<ref>[http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/cps2.asp Margaret Thatcher & the Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-79], Margaret Thatcher Foundation, accessed 21 April 2010.</ref>
  
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.<ref>Nic Cicutti, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/the-great-pensions-scandal-when-you-get-to-their-age-you-may-not-have-enough-to-live-on-nick-cicutti-investigates-1437731.html 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.</ref>
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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.<ref>Nic Cicutti, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/the-great-pensions-scandal-when-you-get-to-their-age-you-may-not-have-enough-to-live-on-nick-cicutti-investigates-1437731.html 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.</ref>
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
*[[Civitas]], Trustee | [[Nigel Lord Vinson Charitable Trust]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]], 'Business supporter'<ref>Taxpayers' alliance [http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/prominent-supporters.html Prominent supporters], Accessed 18 November 2010</ref> | [[Global Vision]], 'supporter' | [[Aims of Industry]] Council member 1972<ref name="Thirty">Aims of Industry ''[http://www.scribd.com/doc/41992779/Aims-of-Industry 30 years of Aims of Industry]'' London: Aims of Industry 1972.</ref> |  
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*[[Civitas]], Trustee | [[Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]], 'Business supporter'<ref>Taxpayers' alliance [http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/prominent-supporters.html Prominent supporters], Accessed 18 November 2010</ref> | [[Global Vision]], 'supporter' | [[Aims of Industry]] Council member 1972<ref name="Thirty">Aims of Industry ''[http://www.scribd.com/doc/41992779/Aims-of-Industry 30 years of Aims of Industry]'' London: Aims of Industry 1972.</ref> |  
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==

Revision as of 15:07, 5 May 2011

Nigel Vinson (born 27 January 1951) is a British businessman and right-wing operative. [1]

Vinson was appointed treasurer of the Centre for Policy Studies at its foundation in 1974.[2]

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.[3]

Affiliations

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Notes

  1. Margaret Thatcher & the Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-79, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, accessed 21 April 2010.
  2. Margaret Thatcher & the Centre for Policy Studies, 1974-79, Margaret Thatcher Foundation, accessed 21 April 2010.
  3. 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.
  4. Taxpayers' alliance Prominent supporters, Accessed 18 November 2010
  5. Aims of Industry 30 years of Aims of Industry London: Aims of Industry 1972.