Research Briefing
Civil service pensions – current reforms
Looks at current reforms to civil service pensions
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Research Briefing
Implications for pensions of Scotland becoming independent
Discussed the implications for pensions in the continuing UK in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country
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TUPE and Pensions
This note covers the development of measures to protect occupational pensions on transfer of employment, including the 'Fair Deal' policy covering transfers from the public sector
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Pensions: income drawdown
Looks at the development of income drawdown arrangements as an alternative to buying an annuity
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Research Briefing
Pensions: the statutory override and ‘protected persons’
Discusses the Government's consultation on whether to allow a limited 'statutory override' of pension protection arrangements put in place in some denationalised industries in the 1990s
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Research Briefing
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme for councillors in England
Looks at the provisions to allow councillors access to the Local Government Pension Scheme from 2003 and the removal of this for councillors in England from April 2014
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Budget 2014: a summary
Budget 2014 and Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts: a summary. Includes overview along with analysis of forecasts and changes to pensions and savings, the welfare cap and the treatment of disputed tax.
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Research Briefing
Pensions Bill 2013-14 – House of Lords stages
Covers debates on the Pensions Bill in the House of Lords
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Single-tier State Pension – women born between 1951 and 1953
This note looks at the arguments regarding those women born between April 1951 and 1953 who are expected not to be eligible for the Government's proposed Single-tier State Pension, although a man born on the same date may be.
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Single-tier State Pension – contribution conditions
Looks at the contribution conditions for the single-tier State Pension to be introduced for future pensioners from 6 April 2016
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Research Briefing
2014 Benefit Uprating
State pension, benefits and tax credits increase in April 2014 - how are the new rates are calculated and which benefits are restricted to a 1% increase?
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Pensions Bill 2013-14 – House of Commons stages
Looks at provisions in the Pensions Bill 2013/14 and will follow its progress through Parliament.
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Research Briefing
Historical Rates of Social Security benefits
This note sets out the historical rates for the major social security benefits since the introduction of the modern welfare state in 1948.
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Research Briefing
Winter Fuel Payments: people in residential care
People in residential care who receive Pension Credit do not qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. Other care home residents receive half the full rate (£100, or £150 for people aged 80 or over). This note describes the rules as they apply to people in care homes, and explains the rationale behind them.
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