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OUR INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE REACHED 6 MILLION PEOPLE 2 £140 MILLION WE HELPED OLDER PEOPLE CLAIM IN BENEFITS THEY WERE ENTITLED TO 130,000 PEOPLE SIGNED OUR PETITION TO END THE CRISIS IN CARE WE ... ages and to introduce a fair and simple single-tier pension. Money matters Highlights With the support of local Age UKs we helped older people claim £140 million in benefits they were entitled to. Our
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London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation Following the introduction of greater flexibility in pension decumulation in April 2015, this consultation explores how the Government can extend some of these ... re-assigning or reselling an annuity. Among people aged 60+ whose only private income is from a pension annuity (from a Defined Contribution source), just six per cent said they would consider exchanging
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Tavis House,1–6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Age UK and its subsidiary companies and charities form the Age UK Group, dedicated to helping more people love later life. ID000000 03/17 Creating a ‘Career ... An Age UK discussion paper, October 2017 2 Why the ‘Career MOT at 50’ is needed The State Pension age (SPA) is rising, scheduled to increase to 67 in 2026-28 and with further rises likely in the
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core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights. Every UN member state is a party to one or more of the nine major human rights treaties. It is a universal and inalienable ... UN’s international human rights conventions: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 (UK: 1969) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966
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Consultation Response Strengthening the incentive to save: a consultation on pensions tax relief Ref: 2915 September 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts ... consultation This consultation paper from HM Treasury explores possible options for the future of pensions tax relief. There are three possibilities suggested – firstly maintaining the status quo; secondly
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and disability benefits in the context of paying for care in a care home 37 9.1 Pension Credit 37 9.2 Disability-related benefits 39 10 A ‘Minimum Income Amount’ for people in care homes ... on the subject of advocacy in the context of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act which states that, in all cases: “To have voice and control, an individual must be able to feel that they are
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poorest pensioners The Budget allows more affluent older people to be able to leave more of their estate free of Inheritance Tax Financial inequality is currently growing in the pensioner population: ... poorest is getting wider Pensioners are still missing out of £3.7 billion of means-tested benefits to which they are entitled Material deprivation Over a million pensioners in this country cannot afford
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Cheshire and Age UK’s engagement and research teams for organising the sessions • BritainThinks, the Pensions Policy Institute, and Age UK’s research team for carrying out research for the Commission • Macmillan ... forward. The importance and the topicality of these issues were highlighted by the Chancellor’s Pension Reforms in his 2014 Budget, and seemed to come directly from our summit events regarding the need
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and information about organ donation. It may be helpful for people arranging a funeral. There is a form at the back of the factsheet to record your funeral arrangement preferences and other helpful information ... insurance 9 6.2 Funeral plan 10 6.3 Funeral expenses payment 10 6.4 Saving accounts 14 6.5 Occupational pension 14 6.6 Make allowance for funeral costs in your estate 14 7 NHS and local authority duty to pay for
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services. Pensioner poverty: in the light of rising pensioner poverty, we welcome the Government’s stated position to maintain ‘triple lock’ uprating for State Pensions and universal pensioner benefits ... payments for people who have missed out. The Government should also reform the taxation of taxable pension lump sums to ensure that, if PAYE is not operated, only basic rate tax is deducted at source. Improving
