This Library Note provides background information in advance of the Pensions Bill's second reading in the House of Lords.
Pensions Bill [HL] (HL Bill 37 of 2010-11) (415 KB , PDF)
This Library Note provides information on the Pensions Bill which is due for second reading in the House of Lords on 15 February 2011. The Bill implements recommendations from three recent pension reviews. It speeds up the timetable for increasing the state pension age to 66. It amends the requirements for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension scheme which are due to come into effect from 2012 onwards by raising the earnings trigger and making automatic enrolment simpler for employers to administer. It also amends existing legislation covering judicial pension schemes to allow contributions to be taken from scheme members. The Bill also contains a number of technical measures and includes provisions to amend references to indexation in existing primary legislation, in line with the Government’s switch from RPI to CPI as the basis for revaluing and indexing certain pension rights.
Pensions Bill [HL] (HL Bill 37 of 2010-11) (415 KB , PDF)
This briefing looks at the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024. These regulations would introduce means testing for the winter fuel payment. They are the subject of a motion by Baroness Altmann (non-affiliated) to annul them. The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has also drawn the regulations to the special attention of the House.
Research briefing setting out the government’s commitments covering welfare and pensions for the House of Lords debate on the 2024 King’s Speech.
People with disabilities can face additional barriers when trying to access services. The World Health Organisation has stated disability comes from these barriers rather the related impairment. Barriers can include online services that are not accessible, infrastructure that can be physically inaccessible and attitudinal barriers. The government has introduced policies to help address these barriers but disability charities have argued these have not been sufficient.
