Research Briefing
Pension sharing on divorce
This note looks at the introduction of pension sharing on divorce provisions and points to some sources of information and guidance
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Research Briefing
Pension Protection Fund
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) which was one of the measures set up by the Pensions Act 2004. It was in response to a series of high-profile cases in which pension schemes had wound up with insufficient assets to meet their pension commitments. The PPF started operations on 6 April 2005 and applies to schemes that started winding up after that date.
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Research Briefing
Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill 2019-21
Briefing on the Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill 2019-21, which would enable uprating of the State Pension and the Pension Credit Guarantee in the event of earnings falling year-on-year in the three months to July 2020
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Research Briefing
Railways pension scheme (RPS)
This note looks at the development of the Railways Pension Scheme set up in 1994 following the privatisation of British Rail
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Research Briefing
Pension Credit – current issues
Looks at some of the issues currently raised in connection with Pension Credit
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Research Briefing
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
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Research Briefing
The Pensions Regulator: Powers to protect pension benefits
Looks at the Pensions Regulator's powers to protect pension scheme benefits and measures to strengthen them in the Pension Schemes Bill (HL} 2019/21
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Research Briefing
Defined benefit pension scheme funding
Covers the development of funding requirements for defined benefit pension schemes. including reforms in the Pension Schemes Bill 2019/21
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: social security co-ordination
Looks at the negotiations on social security co-ordination arrangements after the end of the Brexit 'transition period', in January 2021
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Research Briefing
Workplace Pensions: FAQs
This briefing paper answers FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about personal and workplace defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements (where you build up a pot of money that you can then use to provide an income in retirement).
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Research Briefing
NHS Pension Scheme – background
This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and current debates
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Research Briefing
Pension transfer advice
Many people have been given unsuitable financial advice to transfer their valuable Defined Benefit pensions into less suitable and secure Defined Contribution schemes. Poor advice has led to growing compensation payments from the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Some have speculated that this issue may represent a large mis-selling scandal, the full scale of which may only come to light in the event of an economic downturn.
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Research Briefing
The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: summary of positions
The tables in this paper provide a summary of the UK and EU positions in the future relationship negotiations, based on their proposed draft treaty texts and other publicly available statements
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Research Briefing
State Pension deferral
Looks at how the rules for deferring your State Pension in return for more when you do claim and how they have developed over time
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