Research Briefing
Occupational pension increases
Looks at the requirements on private sector Defined Benefit occupational pension schemes to index and revalue pension benefits and recent debates
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Research Briefing
Pension scheme investments – climate change risk
This short briefing paper aims to provide context for provisions in clause 124 of the Pension Schemes Bill 2019/21 that would “require occupational pension schemes to manage the effects of climate change effectively as a financial risk to their investments and to report publicly on how they have done so.”
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Debate Pack
Future of pensions policy
A Westminster Hall debate on ‘The Future of pensions policy’ has been scheduled for Tuesday 8 December 2020 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. The debate will be led by Rob Roberts MP
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Research Briefing
Pensions dashboards
This Commons Library Briefing paper looks at the debate on the pensions dashboard, which is being developed to enable people to view all their lifetime pension savings (including their state pension) in one place
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Research Briefing
Pension sharing on divorce
This note looks at the introduction of pension sharing on divorce provisions and points to some sources of information and guidance
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Research Briefing
Support for UK Veterans
This briefing paper details the support available to armed forces veterans in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Insight
Contributory benefits and social insurance in the UK
Spending on contributory benefits accounts for around 9% of social security expenditure on working-age adults and children.
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Research Briefing
Pension Protection Fund
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) which was one of the measures set up by the Pensions Act 2004. It was in response to a series of high-profile cases in which pension schemes had wound up with insufficient assets to meet their pension commitments. The PPF started operations on 6 April 2005 and applies to schemes that started winding up after that date.
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Research Briefing
Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill 2019-21
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
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Research Briefing
Increases in the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s
Briefing on the legislation increasing the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s, and the campaigns against it
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Research Briefing
Railways pension scheme (RPS)
This note looks at the development of the Railways Pension Scheme set up in 1994 following the privatisation of British Rail
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Research Briefing
Pension Credit – current issues
Looks at some of the issues currently raised in connection with Pension Credit
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Research Briefing
Public service pensions – the 2015 reforms
This notes looks at the reforms to public service pensions introduced in 2015 under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and the implications of the Court of Appeal's decision that the transitional arrangements were discriminatory on grounds of age
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Research Briefing
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
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Research Briefing
The Pensions Regulator: Powers to protect pension benefits
Looks at the Pensions Regulator's powers to protect pension scheme benefits and measures to strengthen them in the Pension Schemes Bill (HL} 2019/21
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