Research Briefing
NHS Pension Scheme
This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and current debates
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Research Briefing
Pension transfer advice
Many people have been given unsuitable financial advice to transfer their valuable Defined Benefit pensions into less suitable and secure Defined Contribution schemes. Poor advice has led to growing compensation payments from the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Some have speculated that this issue may represent a large mis-selling scandal, the full scale of which may only come to light in the event of an economic downturn.
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Research Briefing
British Steel Pension Scheme
Looks at the 'time to choose' exercise carried out when the British Steel Pension Scheme was restructured in 2017/18, and the fall-out from it
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Research Briefing
State Pension deferral
Looks at how the rules for deferring your State Pension in return for more when you do claim and how they have developed over time
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Research Briefing
Pension freedoms: transfers from defined benefit pension schemes
Looks at the requirement to take advice for pension scheme members seeking to transfer or convert 'safeguarded benefits' (such as defined benefits) worth more than £30,000 into 'flexible benefits'
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Research Briefing
Public service pensions – the cost control mechanism
Looks at the mechanism introduced under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 to control unexpected changes in the cost of public service pensions
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Research Briefing
Pension Scams
This briefing paper provides information on how to spot pension scams and aims to answer some of the frequently asked questions on which constituents ask for help with from their MPs. It does not provide legal or financial advice.
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Research Briefing
Benefits Uprating 2020
Benefits and tax credits that are linked to inflation rise by 1.7% in April 2020, marking the end of the four-year freeze that affected many such payments. Further increases have been made to Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit and Local Housing Allowance in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The triple lock delivers a 3.9% increase to the Basic and New State Pension.
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Research Briefing
Occupational pensions: survivors benefits for cohabitants
Looks at the development of survivors' pensions for opposite sex cohabiting couples, particularly in public service pension schemes, and the impact of recent court judgments
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus Bill: Overview
The Coronavirus Bill (Bill 122 of 2019-21) was introduced to the House of Commons on 19 March 2020. The Bill is part of the Government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and is intended to enable the Government to respond to an emergency situation and manage the effects of a pandemic.
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Research Briefing
Spring Budget 2020: Background briefing
This briefing sets out the background to Spring Budget 2020 which will take place on 11 March 2020. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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Research Briefing
Pension integration (or ‘clawback’)
Looks at rules under which some occupational pensions have historically been adjusted to take account of the State Pension introduced in the late 1940s
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Research Briefing
Section 75 employer debt and multi-employer pension schemes
Looks at the application of the "section 75 employer debt provisions" to multi-employer pension schemes - such as the Plumbing Pension Scheme
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Research Briefing
GMP equalisation
Looks at the debate around the equalisation of GMPs and the recent High Court judgment in relation to the Lloyds Bank pension scheme
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