Research Briefing
Local Government Pension Scheme – response to McCloud
Looks at the 2013 Act reforms and the proposed changes to the transitional arrangements in the lGPS following the Court of Appeal judgment in McCloud
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Research Briefing
EU Settlement Scheme application deadline
This briefing is for members and their staff dealing with constituency casework related to the EU Settlement Scheme deadline.
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Research Briefing
The new State Pension – transitional issues
Looks at how the State Pension introduced for future pensioners on 6 April 2016 affects individuals, focusing in particular on transitional arrangements
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Research Briefing
Public service pensions – facts and figures
Facts, figures and sources information on public service pensions
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Research Briefing
State Pension payment arrangements
Looks at when and how the State Pension is paid
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Research Briefing
State Pensions 2021: FAQs
This briefing paper looks at some of the FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about pensions.
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Research Briefing
Public Sector Exit Payment Cap
This paper discusses the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payment Regulations 2020. The Regulations came into force in November 2020 but were disapplied by the Treasury on 12 February 2021 and will be revoked on 19 March 2021.
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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
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
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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