Research Briefing
Discusses the Government's consultation on whether to allow a limited 'statutory override' of pension protection arrangements put in place in some denationalised industries in the 1990s
Research Briefing
Looks at the provisions to allow councillors access to the Local Government Pension Scheme from 2003 and the removal of this for councillors in England from April 2014
Research Briefing
Budget 2014 and Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts: a summary. Includes overview along with analysis of forecasts and changes to pensions and savings, the welfare cap and the treatment of disputed tax.
Research Briefing
Covers debates on the Pensions Bill in the House of Lords
Research Briefing
This note looks at the arguments regarding those women born between April 1951 and 1953 who are expected not to be eligible for the Government's proposed Single-tier State Pension, although a man born on the same date may be.
Research Briefing
Looks at the contribution conditions for the single-tier State Pension to be introduced for future pensioners from 6 April 2016
Research Briefing
The fourth and final tranche of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme was announced on 23 January 2014. Over 11,000 personnel have made redundant since 2011 with a further 1,500 expected in 2014.
Research Briefing
MPs debated annuities last week, an area that the MP initiating the debate, Richard Graham, described as “dull, but important, and absolutely ripe for review and improvement”. Annuities are becoming an increasingly significant component of retirement income. They are the way in which most people saving in a defined contribution (DC) pension secure an income
Research Briefing
This note sets out the main measures announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement, presented by the Chancellor on 5 December 2013, and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for the economy and public finances. There are also overviews of policy announcements on the State Pension age, business rates, the cap on welfare spending and jobs and young people.
Research Briefing
Looks at provisions in the Pensions Bill 2013/14 and will follow its progress through Parliament.
Research Briefing
Provides an overview of the development of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme to 2010
Research Briefing
Background to the abolition of "assessed income periods" in Pension Credit announced in Spending Review 2013
Research Briefing
This note outlines the development of proposals for NEST (a national, low cost pension scheme aimed at low to moderate earners)
Research Briefing
Looks at the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), a low cost pension saving scheme, which started operations in July 2012
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