Roderick McInnes

An examination of the triple lock mechanism used to uprate the State Pension - its effect so far and the arguments for and against

This paper describes what steps the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) may take when a Non-Resident Parent (also known as a “Paying Parent”) fails to pay child maintenance on time or in full. It also provides information on the application, collection and enforcement fees charged by the CMS, and briefly summarises analysis on the effectiveness of the CMS’s enforcement and collection system. This paper relates primary to Great Britain: Section 6 describes Northern Ireland’s system.

This briefing paper describes the findings of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ investigation into the UK in 2016, the UK and Devolved Government reactions, and subsequent developments, including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on disabled persons’ rights.

This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides a high-level overview of recent changes to social security provision in Northern Ireland and Scotland, including the devolution of significant welfare powers, and analyses how this has affected the structure of the UK social security system as a whole.

Spending on contributory benefits accounts for around 9% of social security expenditure on working-age adults and children.

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

Briefing on the legislation increasing the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s, and the campaigns against it

Looks at some of the issues currently raised in connection with Pension Credit

This Insight explores the relationship between Pension Credit and free TV licences, and includes an interactive dashboard to estimate the number of households affected.

This House of Commons Library briefing paper provides information about the number of informal carers in the UK and the issues they face. It also explains the rights, benefits and support available to informal carers as well as current and previous Government policy on caring.

This Commons Library briefing paper outlines the measures introduced by the Government, and other authorities, to support household finances during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

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.