Research Briefing
Pensions: Automatic enrolment – current issues
Discussed auto-enrolment, why it was introduced, what it has achieved so far and what more needs to be done to support people in saving for an adequate income in retirement
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Research Briefing
Frozen Overseas Pensions
Looks at the policy of not uprating the UK State Pension in some overseas countries
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Research Briefing
State Pension triple lock
An examination of the triple lock mechanism used to uprate the State Pension - its effect so far and the arguments for and against
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Research Briefing
Pensions – early access
Looks at the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the employment rates and retirement plans of older people and the impact on their future retirement incomes
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Research Briefing
Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) increases
Between 1978 and 1997, contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes were required to provide a Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP). This note looks at the arrangements for index-linking GMP rights for people reaching State Pension age before and after 6 April 2016 and for members of public service pension schemes
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Research Briefing
Benefits Uprating 2021
Benefits and tax credits that are linked to inflation rise by 0.5% in April 2021, while the triple lock delivers a 2.5% increase to the Basic and New State Pension. Temporary uplifts to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit, worth £20 per week, are set to lapse in April 2021 - the Government says it will "look at the economic and health context before making any decisions" about further support for low-income families during the coronavirus crisis.
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Research Briefing
State Pension Uprating
Looks at the current policy on uprating the State Pension and Pension Credit and the arrangements for uprating in April 2021
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Research Briefing
Pension Schemes Bill 2019-21
Looks at the Pension Schemes Bill 2019-21 which covers Collective Money Purchase Schemes, Pensions Dashboards and stronger powers for the Pensions Regulator
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Research Briefing
Brexit and state pensions
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 after the Brexit transition period
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Research Briefing
Brexit and private pensions
An overview of implications of Brexit for workplace and personal pensions
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Research Briefing
The aims of ten years of welfare reform (2010-2020)
This briefing looks at the aims which governments since 2010 have set out to justify major welfare reforms.
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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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