Search results for ‘pensions’
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Pension annuities market needs ‘urgent reform’
A financial watchdog is calling for the urgent reform of the annuities market to prevent “millions of pensioners from losing out”.
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Coalition’s benefit reforms are on track – Duncan Smith
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith rejects claims that the introduction of the government’s flagship universal credit reforms is in chaos.
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MPs get 11 per cent pay rise: ‘two fingers’ to taxpayer?
MPs are set for a £7,600 pay rise, boosting their salaries to £74,000 from 2015 at a time when voters are feeling the squeeze.
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Autumn statement 2013: what to look out for
Some giveaways have already been heavily trailed – but does the chancellor have any rabbits hidden in his hat as he prepares to deliver his fourth autumn statement?
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Generation game: young people to work for longer
Chancellor George Osborne raises the pension age to 69 in the autumn statement, but says we’re all in it together. Are young people being targeted unfairly in the name of economic recovery?
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Malnutrition a public health emergency, experts warn
Malnutrition is something most of us associate with the third world or even the world of Dickens. But new figures show hospital admissions in England have nearly doubled in the last five years.
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Scotland’s ‘once in a generation’ opportunity
Launching the Scottish government’s blueprint for independence, Alex Salmond says Scotland’s future “is now in Scotland’s hands”. But the document includes a commitment to keep the pound.
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Reeves: Labour will not scrap under-25 out-of-work benefits
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves says Labour would not consider scrapping out-of-work benefits for people under 25, after it was suggested by the IPPR think tank.
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UK debt crisis: poorest face ‘perfect storm’
Average household debt has doubled in a decade despite low interest rates, says the Centre for Social Justice, with total UK debt rising to a peak of £1.4tn.
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FactCheck Q&A: IFS hurts case for Scottish independence
Scotland would face a yawning “fiscal gap” if it left the UK, according to the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies. What is it and what does it mean for the independence debate?
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Government majority cut in ‘bedroom tax’ debate
The coalition government sees its majority reduced to 26 in an opposition debate on the so-called “bedroom tax”, as Liberal Democrat MPs voice their disquiet over the controversial policy.
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Universal credit under ‘weak management’ – MPs
“Extraordinarily poor”: the government’s universal credit benefits system receives scathing criticism from the Public Accounts Committee, which said the DWP had wasted £140m on the scheme.
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FactCheck: do immigrants pay their way?
Politicians like to climb onto the “benefits tourism” hobbyhorse from time to time. But does the evidence really show that people come to the UK for a life on benefits?
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RBS avoids split by fencing off assets into ‘bad bank’
Royal Bank of Scotland is to create an internal “bad bank” with £38bn of problem assets. In another development, RBS and Barclays have suspended several foreign exchange traders.
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Turning the heat up on PM’s fuel poverty claims – FactCheck
David Cameron says that fuel poverty only went up under Labour, but having looked at the figures, FactCheck isn’t as convinced. Same goes for his claims on winter fuel payments.
