Research Briefing
Public service pension increases
Public service pension payments are required by statute to increase each April, in line with prices.
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Research Briefing
Support for Gurkha veterans
On Thursday 26 March 2026 there will be a Backbench Business Committee debate on support for Gurkha veterans.
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Research Briefing
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
This bill would let the Treasury charge National Insurance on salary-sacrificed pension contributions over £2,000 a year, starting 6 April 2029.
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Research Briefing
Police Pension Scheme
An overview of the Police Pension Scheme, including government changes to pensions and the remedy to the discrimination caused by these changes.
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Research Briefing
Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) increases
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.
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Research Briefing
Pensions: Automatic enrolment – current issues
The paper discusses pensions auto-enrolment, its introduction, the impact it has had, and the potential for future reform.
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Research Briefing
Inheriting pension rights
This briefing outlines the different arrangements for inheriting pension rights in State and private pension schemes.
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Research Briefing
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
An overview of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, including government changes to pensions and the remedy to the discrimination caused by these changes.
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Research Briefing
Mineworkers’ pensions
Covers the arrangements made for mineworkers' pensions (MPS) and British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (BCSSS) following privatisation of British Coal in 1994.
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Research Briefing
Pension Schemes Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill
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.
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Research Briefing
Autumn Budget 2025: Background briefing
Ahead of the 2025 Autumn Budget on 26 November, this briefing looks at the economic situation, economic forecasts and the public finances.
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Research Briefing
Pensions: Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) schemes
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.
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Research Briefing
Wealth in Great Britain
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.
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Research Briefing
The implications of population ageing for social policy
The UK population is ageing, with some ageing better than others. This has implications for health and social care, housing, pensions and education policies.
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Research Briefing
Occupational pension increases
Looks at the requirements on private sector defined benefit occupational pension schemes to increase (index and revalue) the pensions they pay in line with inflation
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