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MPs overturn Lords on pensions

MPs have shot down a Lords amendment designed to offer victims of collapsed pensions a “lifeboat fund”. The Tory proposal, also supported by the Liberal Democrats, aimed to raise the level of compensation for people whose schemes collapsed between 1997 and 2005. But pensions minister Mike O’Brien claimed affected workers would be better served by… Read more »

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Single parents will be forced into work when their child is seven
Single parents forced into work

Single parents of children over seven years old will only receive benefits if they are seeking work, the government announced today. The changes would come into force in 2010, by which parents will enjoy “wraparound” child care, according to work and pensions secretary Peter Hain. Under current policy, single parents do not have to look… Read more »