Research Briefing
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
Research Briefing
This note looks at the development of the Railways Pension Scheme set up in 1994 following the privatisation of British Rail
Research Briefing
Looks at some of the issues currently raised in connection with Pension Credit
Research Briefing
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
Research Briefing
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
Research Briefing
Covers the development of funding requirements for defined benefit pension schemes. including reforms in the Pension Schemes Bill 2019/21
Research Briefing
Looks at the negotiations on social security co-ordination arrangements after the end of the Brexit 'transition period', in January 2021
Research Briefing
This briefing paper answers FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about personal and workplace defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements (where you build up a pot of money that you can then use to provide an income in retirement).
Research Briefing
This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and current debates
Research Briefing
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.
Research Briefing
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
Research Briefing
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'
Research Briefing
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.
Research Briefing
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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