House of Lords

Govt targets cancer patients for ESA means-testing

Cover | 01 Feb 2012 | 11:25

Government ministers will aim to overturn the exclusion of means-testing of cancer patients receiving Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as the coalition’s government’s Welfare Reform Bill moves back to the House of Commons.

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Govt rejects Lords’ call for AIMs in ISAs

The Treasury has again rejected calls to allow more alternative investment market (AIM) shares in individual savings accounts (ISAs).

IFAonline | 31 Jan 2012 | 16:10
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Peers push for child benefit exclusion from welfare cap

Peers are today expected to challenge plans for a £26,000 cap on the benefits families can receive by suggesting child benefit should be excluded.

IFAonline | 23 Jan 2012 | 14:00

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Govt targets 500,000 fewer disability claims

The government is seeking to cut half a million people from the disability benefits list when the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is introduced.

Cover | 16 Jan 2012 | 15:57
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Hoban defends MAS as McFall criticises CEO's £350k pay

Financial secretary Mark Hoban has defended the Money Advice Service after a prominent peer launched an attack on pay levels at the organisation.

IFAonline | 16 Nov 2011 | 07:25
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Lords fail to slow govt's pension age rise

The House of Lords has rejected an amendment to ensure increases to the state pension age (SPA) do not exceed one year.

IFAonline | 01 Nov 2011 | 10:31
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Parliament prepares for ‘ping pong’ as pension row reignites

Labour has made a last attempt to stall the government’s increase to the state pension age (SPA) in the very last stages of the Pensions Bill.

IFAonline | 28 Oct 2011 | 09:50
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Doctors defiant despite NHS Bill’s progress

The two main bodies representing doctors in the UK have pledged to continue battling the progress of controversial NHS reforms despite it being passed by the House of Lords.

Cover | 13 Oct 2011 | 12:42
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NHS Bill passes key Lords' test

Controversial NHS reforms have taken a step nearer with the government's Health and Social Care Bill surviving its latest stage in the House of Lords.

Cover | 12 Oct 2011 | 16:04
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NHS reforms have 'hell of a lot wrong' - Lord Winston

Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government’s Health and Social Care Bill saying there was “a hell of a lot wrong with it” and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

Cover | 05 Oct 2011 | 13:24

Long-term care - Age, I do abhor thee

Late last year we saw potential for a resurgence of interest from insurers into long-term care funding. Peter Barnett looks at what’s happened since then

Cover | 13 May 2011 | 14:41
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Lords tighten auto-enrolment requirements

The Pensions Bill has moved to the House of Commons with one additional amendment: to strengthen the regulatory framework of the alternative certification model.

IFAonline | 28 Apr 2011 | 14:20
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Lords drop transgender state pension protection

A House of Lords committee yesterday dropped an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would have created protection for transgender people against unfair state pension calculations.

IFAonline | 16 Mar 2011 | 12:22

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