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Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee Pension freedoms inquiry October 2017 Ref: 2217 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this inquiry The Work and Pensions Select Committee is running this inquiry to ascertain the impact that the 2015 ‘freedom
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such as insurance and banking. 1 Department for Work and Pensions, Households Below Average Income: 1994-95 to 2015-16, June 2017 2 This is Money (2014) ... the 2007 Pensions Act. This was of particular benefit to people who have taken time out from their working lives to care for children or other dependents. For example, prior to 2010 (when these reforms took
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through our information and advice, services, research, campaigns, products and training. In the UK we work closely with our partners Age Cymru, Age NI, Age Scotland and the many local Age UKs and older people’s ... change. Based in Westminster, much of our work is directed at the highest levels of government and the civil service in London and Brussels. We are aided in this work by our Chief Executive, Baroness Sally
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Quarterly Update, Q1 2014. 6 DWP Pensioners’ income series 2012/13 5 “She feels left behind. She used to work with computers but only for what she was taught to do. Now she feels left behind with the computers ... Internet. Technologies that are too fiddly, require more dexterity than a person has, don’t seem to work in a way that seems logical to the user, etc. Many of these design flaws affect younger people as
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on the proposed database may be overwhelmed by offers, causing paralysis and distress. Ofgem should work to prevent this, including by evaluating the volume and complexity of deals offered to disengaged ... repositories of all available tariffs’. The development of effective ‘brokers’ that engage with and do the work of actually switching for disengaged customers could represent progress. To enable people of all
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can expect their investments to cover, for a significant number an anticipation of some form of paid work beyond 65. Advisers are generally optimistic about the outlook for financial markets over the next ... to achieve a more mature understanding of risk and reward? Can industry, Government and regulators work together to develop investment products to include simple to understand guarantees (e.g. principal
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State Pension for those who are within three years of their State Pension Age (SPA) and unable to work due to caring responsibilities or illness • reverse this year’s change in Pension Credit rules that ... renters. Rising State Pension Age Rising State Pension Age has hit hardest those who cannot carry on working into their mid-sixties and beyond due to poor health, disability, caring responsibilities, redundancy
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if my application for AA is turned down? 31 Carer’s Allowance: extra cash to help with caring 32 Working-age benefits 33 Myth-busting 36 Useful organisations 38 This information leaflet has been prepared ... what you may be entitled to. You’ll just need to know: • the income you receive from any benefits, work, private pensions or other sources • your rent or housing costs and your Council Tax band • how
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switch? 20 12.6 I live in a park home – can I switch? 20 Useful organisations 21 Age UK 23 Support our work 23 Age UK factsheet 82 September 2024 Getting the best energy deal Page 4 of 24 1 The current energy ... may suit you better or work out cheaper. They should tell you at least once a year which tariffs would work out cheaper. Switching should be simple and take no more than five working days after your cooling
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in pulling together this research with Ipsos MORI. For the older people that participated in this work, it was not a word they associated with themselves. They all, however, had an idea of what it meant ... become more personalised, joined-up and preventative to best serve the interests of service users and work more cost-effectively in the future. While experts often have similar ambitions for future policies
