War widows’ pensions
Looks at changes in the rules about remarriage and cohabitation for war widows and widowers' pensions
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The CPI - uprating benefits and pensions (87 KB , PDF)
Article discussion the implications of the June 2010 Budget Coalition Government announcement that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) would no longer be used to determine the increase in benefits and state pensions. Instead the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) would be used to uprate benefits, and state pensions, including public service pensions. (Updated version of article (to Nov 2011) that orginally appeared in Social Indicators January 2011)
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The CPI - uprating benefits and pensions (87 KB , PDF)
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