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Welfare and pensions

  • Research Briefing

    Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

    Wednesday, 26 May, 2010

    The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) replaced both the War Pensions Scheme and 'attributable' benefits payable under the old Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) for service personnel experiencing ill health, injury or death arising from service-related incidents on or after 6 April 2005. This note outlines the scheme and changes made to it since its introduction.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Defence
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Lone parents and Jobseeker’s Allowance

    Thursday, 20 May, 2010

    By April 2011 most lone parents with a youngest child aged seven or over will no longer be able to claim Income Support but will instead have to claim Jobseeker's Allowance and be available for and seek paid work.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Lone parents with younger children: the Progression to Work pathfinders

    Thursday, 20 May, 2010

    The Welfare Reform Act 2009 includes provisions to enable piloting of mandatory 'work-related activity' for lone parents on Income Support and partners of benefit claimants with a youngest child aged 3-6. The Labour Government announced proposals to run 'pathfinders' in four Jobcentre Plus districts in England from October 2010.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    2010 Benefit Uprating

    Thursday, 25 February, 2010

    From April 2010 rates of many benefits and Tax Credits will change, mostly they will increase by one of three factors: +2.5% Basic State Pension +1.8% Standard minimum guarantee Pension Credit, Income Support, Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit +1.5% Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Child Benefit, Disability Living Allowance, Working & Child Tax Credits The 1.5% increase is being paid by "bringing forward" a proportion of the increase expected in April 2011. Next year, any increase over 1.5% will be paid in the usual way. For some benefits there is to be no increase in April 2010. For example, pensions on top of the basic state pension (additional pension, increments to the pension, Graduated Retirement Benefit) and dependency increases will remain at the same rates. This note sets out the basis for the April 2010 uprating of the main social security benefits. It focuses on the Retirement Pension and Pension Credit but also contains a summary of the main benefit and tax credit rates before and after the uprating.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Support for domestic energy users

    Monday, 25 January, 2010

    This note sets out financial support available to domestic energy consumers, including grants for central heating, insulation, microgeneration equipment and social security measures. It also explains how to seek advice or information about gas and electricity problems from Consumer Direct and the Energy Ombudsman.

    • Research Briefing
    • Energy
    • Family benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Cold Weather Payments

    Friday, 22 January, 2010

    Cold Weather Payments. By Steven Kennedy. SN/SP/696.

    • Research Briefing
    • Energy
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Maternity pay and leave

    Wednesday, 13 January, 2010

    This note gives a brief account of statutory maternity pay and leave entitlements. It also sets out some proposed changes to this from the UK Government and European Commission

    • Research Briefing
    • Equality
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Child Poverty Bill: Committee Stage Report. Bill 10 2009-10.

    Thursday, 03 December, 2009

    The Bill fulfils the Government’s commitment made in September 2008 to enshrine the 2020 child poverty target in legislation. It establishes four separate child poverty targets to be met by 2020/21, requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy, requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies, establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice, requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports, and places new duties on local authorities and other “delivery partners”’ in England to work together to tackle child poverty.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Welfare Reform Bill: Lords amendments

    Friday, 06 November, 2009

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
  • Research Briefing

    The future of Attendance Allowance

    Friday, 30 October, 2009

    This note gives details of the proposal in the July 2009 Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care Together, to integrate some elements of disability benefits with other funding streams to create a new system of care and support for older people in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions

    Wednesday, 23 September, 2009

    Outlines review recommendations and subsequent policy changes.

    • Research Briefing
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Statutory Sick Pay and Sickness Absence

    Tuesday, 15 September, 2009

    This note gives an overview of the Statutory Sick Pay (SPP) scheme and sets out some of the issues that may arise when an employee is absent from work due to illness.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Local government pension scheme: 85 year rule

    Thursday, 20 August, 2009

    Covers the abolition of the rule of 85 in the Local Government Pension Scheme and the transitional protection arrangements

    • Research Briefing
    • Local government
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Bankers’ Pensions (Limits) Bill

    Thursday, 02 July, 2009

    Looks at a Private Member's Bill which would enable limits to be placed on the occupational pension entitlement of the director of a bank which has been taken wholly or partly into public ownership.

    • Research Briefing
    • Finance
    • Pensions
  • Research Briefing

    Child Poverty Bill. Bill 112 of 2008-09

    Tuesday, 30 June, 2009

    This briefing on the Child Poverty Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons.

    • Research Briefing
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes

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