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MP fears DWP cuts will aid overseas pension fraud

IFAonline | 30 Jan 2012 | 12:30

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is disbanding an overseas team of pensions officers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Yemen.

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Govt sets up working group to tackle expat pensions

The government has set up a working group to look into unfreezing state pensions for British expatriates.

IFAonline | 21 Dec 2011 | 07:45
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Means testing pension benefits would be cheaper - Webb

Means testing for winter fuel allowance would reduce spending on pensioner benefits despite the administrative cost, the government has said.

IFAonline | 15 Dec 2011 | 10:45

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Retirement Planner | 30 Nov 2011 | 10:36
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Ten questions clients will ask about the abolition of protected rights

Andy Zanelli takes us through the key issues surrounding the abolition of protected rights

Retirement Planner | 15 Nov 2011 | 17:57
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Govt could save £1bn by altering triple lock

The government could to save almost £1bn if it altered the way in which it indexes state pensions.

IFAonline | 02 Nov 2011 | 13:57
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Retirement Planner's round up of the top pensions stories.

Retirement Planner | 02 Nov 2011 | 08:32
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Warning record CPI will force govt to dump pensions triple lock

The government will break its promise to “triple lock” the amount by which the state pension is adjusted for inflation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has said.

IFAonline | 31 Oct 2011 | 14:10
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Three things we learned this week

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Retirement Planner | 19 Oct 2011 | 11:49
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Man jailed after claiming dead father’s £90k pension

A man has been jailed for claiming his dead father’s state pension for more than two decades.

IFAonline | 14 Oct 2011 | 12:35
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Govt delays 'unfair' women’s SPA rise

Ministers have delayed the rise in the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020 for women after widespread protest against the reform.

IFAonline | 13 Oct 2011 | 12:03
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PM in pension u-turn as bill amendments flood in

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised the government will put in place support for women worst affected by state pension reform.

IFAonline | 13 Oct 2011 | 10:28
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Labour in last ditch attempt to delay women’s SPA rise

Labour has made a final attempt to change the government’s reforms of women’s state pensions.

IFAonline | 10 Oct 2011 | 10:36

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