Research Briefing
This note gives details of the proposal in the July 2009 Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care Together, to integrate some elements of disability benefits with other funding streams to create a new system of care and support for older people in England.
Research Briefing
Outlines review recommendations and subsequent policy changes.
Research Briefing
This note gives an overview of the Statutory Sick Pay (SPP) scheme and sets out some of the issues that may arise when an employee is absent from work due to illness.
Research Briefing
Covers the abolition of the rule of 85 in the Local Government Pension Scheme and the transitional protection arrangements
Research Briefing
Looks at a Private Member's Bill which would enable limits to be placed on the occupational pension entitlement of the director of a bank which has been taken wholly or partly into public ownership.
Research Briefing
This briefing on the Child Poverty Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons.
Research Briefing
This standard note provides an overview of executive compensation in seven of the UK's largest banks. It examines the composition of executive remuneration with a focus on the payment of bonuses and the circumstances in which they are paid
Research Briefing
Inflation as measured by the RPI was -0.3% in March 2009, the first time it has been negative since 1960. It is likely to continue to be negative for some months to come in 2009 with possible consequences for pensions, benefits and taxes.
Research Briefing
This is a report on the Committee Stage of the Welfare Reform Bill. It complements Research Papers 09/08 and 09/09 prepared for Commons Second Reading.
Research Briefing
Looks at factors influencing trends in Defined Benefit pensions schemes and recent policy initiatives.
Research Briefing
This paper is one of two which examine the main proposals of the Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09. It deals with Part 1 of the Bill, which includes provisions to establish a 'work for your benefit' scheme for the long-term unemployed, to allow piloting of the 'personalised conditionality' regime, and to enable the future abolition of income support. See also Research Paper 09/09.
Research Briefing
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on the Christmas Bonus and the associated 60 pound one-off payment for 2008-09, from 2009.
Research Briefing
This is an archived Commons Library briefing on tax credits and childcare costs, from 2009.
Research Briefing
Sets out the basis for the uprating of benefits and tax credits in 2009
Research Briefing
Covers development of "pension tax simplification" rules introduced by Finance Act 2004. Updated to include Pre-Budget 2008 announcement.
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