Research Briefing
Between 1978 and 1997, contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes were required to provide a Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP). This briefing looks at the arrangements for increasing GMPs.
Research Briefing
The bill would remove the two-child limit, which restricts additional support for children in Universal Credit to the first two children in a household
Research Briefing
The paper discusses pensions auto-enrolment, its introduction, the impact it has had, and the potential for future reform.
Research Briefing
This briefing outlines the different arrangements for inheriting pension rights in State and private pension schemes.
Research Briefing
An overview of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, including government changes to pensions and the remedy to the discrimination caused by these changes.
Research Briefing
Covers the arrangements made for mineworkers' pensions (MPS) and British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (BCSSS) following privatisation of British Coal in 1994.
Research Briefing
DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 3.8% in April 2026, as do inflation-linked benefits administered by HMRC. Universal Credit standard allowances will receive an additional uplift of 2.3%. The basic and new State Pension will be uprated by 4.8% from April 2026. This note outlines details of uprated amounts for the relevant benefits from April 2026.
Research Briefing
The second reading of the Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25 took place on 7 July 2025. This briefing covers the bill's progress from second reading through to the end of its committee stage.
Research Briefing
Ahead of the 2025 Autumn Budget on 26 November, this briefing looks at the economic situation, economic forecasts and the public finances.
Research Briefing
An estimated 16.8 million people in the UK had a disability in 2023/24, accounting for 25% of the total population.
Research Briefing
Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes are a new type of pension scheme in the UK. Sometimes also referred to as Collective Money Purchase Schemes, CDCs were introduced by the Pension Schemes Act 2021.
Research Briefing
A briefing for the final parliamentary stage of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-26.
Research Briefing
An increase in pension wealth has led to a slight increase in median household wealth in 2020 to 2022. The Gini coefficient for Great Britain was 0.59.
Research Briefing
Statistics on the number of care leavers around the UK and government policies in place to provide support to them.
Research Briefing
From April 2026 the basic amount of Universal Credit will increase above inflation annually, but health-related additions will be reduced for most new recipients
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