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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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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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
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
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