Research and analysis from impartial experts
As part of the EU, the UK was part of a system to co-ordinate the social security entitlements for people moving within the EU. This paper looks at the arrangements for those within scope of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement and the ongoing negotiations on the future relationship.…
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Looks at the negotiations on social security co-ordination arrangements after the end of the Brexit ‘transition period’, in January 2021 …
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This briefing paper answers FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about personal and workplace defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements (where you build up a pot of money that you can then use to provide an income in retirement).…
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Looks at current reforms to teachers pensions…
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This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and current debates…
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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. …
Read moreLooks at the ‘time to choose’ exercise carried out when the British Steel Pension Scheme was restructured in 2017/18, and the fall-out from it…
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Looks at how the rules for deferring your State Pension in return for more when you do claim and how they have developed over time…
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This Insight explores the increases in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit payments in response to the coronavirus crisis.…
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Looks at the requirement to take advice for pension scheme members seeking to transfer or convert ‘safeguarded benefits’ (such as defined benefits) worth more than £30,000 into ‘flexible benefits’…
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Explore constituency-level data on people claiming unemployment benefits using the interactive dashboard…
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This briefing provides an overview of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21, in advance of its Second Reading debate.…
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Looks at the policy of not uprating the UK State Pension in some overseas countries…
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Looks at when and how the State Pension is paid…
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The Workplace pension reforms started to be introduced from 2012. Under the reforms, employers are required to automatically enrol workers into a qualifying pension scheme and, unless the worker opts out, make minimum contributions. This briefing paper looks at progress to date and the debate on the way forward, including the 2017 review…
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