State, private, occupational and workplace pensions, including pension trends that draws together data from other government departments and organisations.
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Ad-hoc statistics on the number of breathing spaces obtained under the Debt Respite Scheme, broken down by location, age, and money advisor organisation. The publication covers the first year of the operation of the scheme.
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Planning and Preparing for Later Life (PPLL) is a nationally representative survey of 2,655 40 to 75 year olds.
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JRF is calling on the Government to immediately stop deducting debt repayments from benefits at unaffordable rates, and to strengthen our social security safety net so that people aren’t forced to choose between going without the essentials or getting into debt.
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Millions of people will be protected through strengthening regulation of interest-free Buy-Now Pay-Later credit agreements, under plans announced by the government.
Lenders will be required to ensure loans are affordable and rules will be amended to ensure advertisements are fair, clear and not misleading.
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This document lists the employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme, and their status (committed, employer or leader).
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New measures to stop over-75s on Pension Credit having to obtain paperwork to get a free TV licence
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With rising life expectancy and an ageing population, there are pressures on the financial sustainability of providing state pensions in the UK: the number of people of pensionable age is projected to reach over 15.2 million by 2045, a 28% increase on the level in 2020 (Office for National Statistics, 2022).
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Microwork is a form of work on digital platforms in which short tasks are assigned to workers, who are paid piece wages for completing them. This can consist of coding data to teach algorithms, short translation tasks, surveys, tagging content and identifying images. It has provided new opportunities for workers to participate in the labour market but has been found to exacerbate labour market inequalities. Workers on these platforms are not classified as employees under labour law and are often paid below minimum wage for their work.
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New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals to certify fit notes has been introduced by the UK government to ease pressure on GPs. This legislation change applies across England, Scotland and Wales.