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
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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