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
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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.
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Looks at the contribution conditions for the single-tier State Pension to be introduced for future pensioners from 6 April 2016
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State pension, benefits and tax credits increase in April 2014 - how are the new rates are calculated and which benefits are restricted to a 1% increase?
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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
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Looks at provisions in the Pensions Bill 2013/14 and will follow its progress through Parliament.
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This note sets out the historical rates for the major social security benefits since the introduction of the modern welfare state in 1948.
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People in residential care who receive Pension Credit do not qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. Other care home residents receive half the full rate (£100, or £150 for people aged 80 or over). This note describes the rules as they apply to people in care homes, and explains the rationale behind them.
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Cold Weather Payments are made from the Social Fund to certain recipients of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit or Pension Credit during periods of very cold weather.
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Provides an overview of the development of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme to 2010
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Background to the abolition of "assessed income periods" in Pension Credit announced in Spending Review 2013
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This note outlines the development of proposals for NEST (a national, low cost pension scheme aimed at low to moderate earners)
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Looks at the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), a low cost pension saving scheme, which started operations in July 2012
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