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	Government unveils pensions savings plan \| Special_reports \| Guardian Unlimited Money
		Work and pensions secretary, John Hutton, said these "simple but vital changes" to the pensions system would benefit 10 million UK employees.
		The shadow work and pensions secretary, Philip Hammond, warned that the 3% minimum contribution for employers could result in them "leveling down" more generous pensions schemes in line with the minimum.
		The Pensions Policy Institute, an independent body, estimated that up to 45% of pensioners could lose out on means-tested benefits by joining the personal account scheme, as their savings could mean a cut in pension credit, council tax benefit or housing benefit.
	money.guardian.co.uk /money.guardian.co.uk/pensionswhitepaper/story/0,,1970552,00.html (491 words)

	Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In France, a Secretary of State is a junior minister, responsible to a minister or the Prime Minister.
		During a sede vacante, the former Secretary of State (the appointment expires when the pope dies or resigns) assumes some of the functions of the head of state as a part of a temporary commission.
		In practice this usually means that the secretary is responsible for a subfield of the minister's field of work and reports to parliament on issues concerning his field.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State (1324 words)

	Natascha Engel's Recent Appearances (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what personal and biometric data is collected by police when an arrest is made; and how much of this data is retained when a suspect is released without being charged.
		They also identified work as the best route out of poverty—I believe that everyone on the Committee agreed with that—and therefore also as the single best way of ensuring that their other ambitious targets to end child poverty are also met.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of implementing the jobseeker's allowance regime for all lone parents whose youngest child is aged 12 and over.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /rss/mp/11534.rdf (3980 words)

	Politics \| Pensions shake-up to be announced
		The shadow work and pensions secretary, David Willetts, said: "This is the 39th consultation on pensions we have had from this government.
		The Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman, Steve Webb, said: "Unless the government is prepared to act as an insurer of the last resort, then pensioners face a potential double betrayal.
		Amicus has been calling for pension benefits to be given the same status as pay and has been pressing for employers to make compulsory contributions of at least 10% of their employees' wages.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4688661-110251,00.html (821 words)

	Welfare Reform on the Web (March 2006): Pensions - UK
		Work and Pensions Secretary Hutton is to announce that an overall increase in the retirement age is inevitable in 2020, the date by which the pension age for all women will have been raised from 60 to 65, but that it would require more attractive returns to be accepted.
		The announcement is seen as signalling support from the Work and Pensions Department for the Turner Commission proposals, which is likely trigger arguments with the Treasury over affordability.
		Turner’s National Pension Saving Scheme plans are criticised fiercely as inequitable and threatening to the availability of occupational schemes as the number of contributors to private pensions hits a record low.
	www.bl.uk /welfarereform/issue80/pensions.html (250 words)

	UK National News - Hutton seeks support for welfare reform
		Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton has made a new attempt to gain the support of MPs for planned welfare reforms.
		Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond said that the Conservatives would support “sensible” government measures to encourage recipients of incapacity benefit back into work.
		Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesperson David Laws said that the proposals could not be judged on “good intentions alone”.
	www.4ni.co.uk /nationalnews.asp?id=47045 (470 words)

	ePolitix.com - Pensions report
		Alan Johnson, secretary of state for work and pensions, said: "The report shows the government was right to tackle the appalling legacy of pensioner poverty that we inherited.
		Now with Pension Credit, savings are no longer knocked straight off benefits and the sate second pension, together with incentives provided by the new tax credits, means that millions of low earners are being helped to save for retirement.
		Many private and public sector pension schemes need to consider raising the age at which pensions are drawn and to reduce the pension target to a more modest and 'affordable' level over the longer-term.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/ForumBriefs/200410/3fa89e0b-1257-4d7c-bcee-4ec751f6c570.htm (1619 words)

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	UK: Move for compulsory insurance for pensions
		UK - Proposals for a compulsory insurance scheme for final salary pensions are being drawn up by a team of senior civil servants as pressure mounts on the government to provide a safety net for workers whose pension schemes do not have enough money to pay all promised benefits.
		Representatives from the Department of Work and Pensions and the Government Actuary's Department, met executives of the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation last month after concluding it offered the best template for protecting British employees.
		David Willetts, shadow work and pensions secretary, yesterday met Steven Kandarian, executive director of the PBGC in Washington.
	www.globalaging.org /pension/world/compulsory.htm (500 words)

	Work and pensions secretary John Hutton announces review of use of pension assets of insolvent employers - 30/03/2007
		Work and pensions secretary John Hutton announces review of use of pension assets of insolvent employers - 30/03/2007
		Work and pensions secretary John Hutton announces review of use of pension assets of insolvent employers
		Work and pensions secretary John Hutton said: “The extension of the FAS announced by the chancellor last week represents a major increase in the support available to people whose pension schemes were wound up under-funded due to employer insolvency.
	www.personneltoday.com /Articles/2007/03/30/39913/work-and-pensions-secretary-john-hutton-announces-review-of-use-of-pension-assets-of-insolvent.html (396 words)

	Pension Crisis Cruelly Costing Carers and Careful Savers
		The current pension legislation which is in crisis sees thousands of women facing poverty in retirement and those who have made a concerted effort to put a little extra aside throughout their working life for their retirement cruelly punished by means testing.
		The former Department for Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson thought that the way forward to protect women and their pensions was through the introduction of a ‘Citizen’s Pension’ which would ‘reward’ retirees in financial terms based on their status as UK resident.
		Whatever changes are made The Pensions Commission are fully aware that they must financially protect women in retirement and those who take on the responsibility of looking after themselves financially and when the Commission’s final report on the pensions crisis comes out later this year its findings, suggestions and proposed solutions will be eagerly anticipated.
	www.shelteroffshore.com /index.php/shelter/more/pension_crisis_cruelly_costing_carers_and_careful_savers (676 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Pensions secretary resigns
		Work and Pensions Secretary Andrew Smith has resigned from the Cabinet.
		Mr Smith, 53, entered the Cabinet in 1999 and took the work and pensions job in 2002.
		Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman Steve Webb said the new secretary of state had several major tasks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/uk_politics/3632742.stm (636 words)

	Welfare Reform on the Web (Summer 2003): Pensions - UK
		The paper concludes that OPRA and the Department for Work and Pensions have been slow to develop objectives and tackle legislative constraints and as a result have failed to address major risks to pension scheme members.
		The earliest age at which an occupational pension can be taken will be raised from 50 to 55 by 2010 and the normal retirement age for public service workers will go up from 60 to 65.
		There was a strong preference for the state to have the lead role in pension provision, and for an adequate state pension based on citizenship.
	www.bl.uk /welfarereform/issue48/pensions.html (471 words)

	4-5 Gray's Inn Square - Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Selby District Council & Anor
		Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Selby District Council & Anor
		The authority appealed to the Social Security Appeal Commissioner, who held that the entitlement to housing benefit ceased from the first day of the benefit week after the change in circumstances, namely the decision of the interested party that the residential accommodation was suitable.
		The Secretary of State appealed to the Court of Appeal.
	www.4-5graysinnsquare.co.uk /cases/index.cfm?id=1635 (308 words)

	Mike Penning - Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead
		During questions to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Mike Penning tackles the Minister about the number of beneficiaries of the FAS who are getting their full entitlement.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which means tested benefits people resident in residential care homes are eligible to claim.
		Mike Penning speaks up for Dexion pensioners who, as non-union members, were not represented at meetings between the Government and the unions to discuss the pensions crisis.
	www.mikepenning.com /issues/pensions (323 words)

	Bob Russell's Recent Appearances (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecution cases were brought outside the 12 month limitation under section 112 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 in each...
		To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecution cases were brought outside the 12 month limitation under section 112 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what percentage such cases represented of cases undertaken in each year.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what provision his Department is making to ensure that disabled people are involved in an evaluation of options regarding his Department's policy on the provision of taxis that are accessible to disabled people.
	theyworkforyou.com /rss/mp/10521.rdf (1442 words)

	Hutton wants 'something for something' on benefits
		In a speech to the Work Foundation, the work and pensions secretary revealed that the government would put people under pressure to undertake schemes designed to help them return to employment.
		Mr Hutton promised that people seeking to return to work would be given help but insisted that it 'must be matched by increased obligations' on their part.
		However, shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond questioned whether the government could deliver the 'tough decisions' needed to cut the number of people on benefits.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /uk/printer_1076586.php (426 words)

	Society \| Incapacity benefit reform aims to put 1m back to work
		Alan Johnson, the work and pensions secretary, described the changes yesterday as the most radical benefit reform for sick and disabled people since the Beveridge report, and said the were designed to help a million people back into work.
		The shadow work and pensions secretary, David Willetts, said the changes would do nothing to help the current 2.7 million on IB-related benefits.
		Mr Field called for the introduction of a single benefit for those of working age who were not in work, and an assumption that everybody, from the moment they signed on, would, when they could, be seeking work.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5118360-110464,00.html (896 words)

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		He was in the job for a fortnight, resigning when he was appointed work and pensions secretary.
		David Laws, the Liberal Democrats' work and pensions spokesman, said he thought Mr Blunkett had "done something wrong" and that it was "a serious error of judgement".
		A Number 10 source said it was "open season" on the work and pensions secretary and that he was "being even more traduced than usual".
	www.brubiz.com /brubiz/final_content.asp?ID=8630 (525 words)

	Jenny in Parliament (Jenny Willott MP)
		To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the batches of blood products administered to patients in the UK that are known to be at risk from vCJD contamination; and if she will...
		To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) when the Department expects all those currently eligible to receive funds under the financial assistance scheme and who are 65 years old...
		To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans her Department has to submit (a) written evidence and (b) oral evidence from (i) Ministers, (ii) civil servants and (iii) NHS staff to...
	www.jennywillott.org.uk /pages/parliament.html (779 words)

	Hutton makes pensions promise
		New work and pensions secretary John Hutton has promised that the government will act swiftly over pensions reform, amid reports of cabinet unrest.
		Speaking to members of the thinktank the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), the work and pensions secretary warned that major social and demographic changes over the past decade had made finding a solution to the pensions issue a necessity.
		Regardless of the veracity of today's media reports, charity group Age Concern has urged the work and pensions secretary to act on his words and come up with a swift solution.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /uk/printer_1064357.php (556 words)

	Disability Alliance UK (United Kingdom) - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v June Batty
		Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v June Batty (2005)
		The Secretary of State had appealed against this decision, the key argument being that help in carrying (as opposed to drinking) hot drinks did not count as attention.
		secretary of state for work and pensions v june batty - actual decision
	www.ggd12.dial.pipex.com /batty.htm (552 words)

	Guardian \| Hutton urges cut in benefits for jobless who refuse to work
		But the work and pensions secretary will argue that it is unfair to expect the taxpayer to support a hardcore of individuals who are not taking up the opportunities available to them.
		Announcing a review of the government's welfare to work strategy, he will acknowledge the need to consider how to give greater support and training to the "vast majority" of unemployed people who want to return to work.
		Recent analysis for the government underlined the extent to which working families struggle; around half of the children in poverty are in households where an adult is already in work.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329665173-110400,.html (662 words)

	apology
		They are set to debate the "crisis in funded pensions" shortly after the publication of the government's response to the Work and Pensions select committee's report on the Pension Credit.
		He added that the government was going to consider "radical and concerted action" to sustain final salary pension schemes which are being cut by firms.
		The Conservative spokesman on work and pensions, David Willetts, said it was pity that Mr Smith's first appearance at the despatch box in his new job was to admit a serious error made by his predecessor.
	www.globalaging.org /pension/world/apology.htm (702 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		DWP and Tesco are offering people on incapacity benefit a foot in the door, Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton, announced today.
		Working with Jobcentre Plus, Tesco are offering people on incapacity benefit work tasters and guaranteed interviews for permanent jobs.
		Pathways to Work started in 3 areas (Rhondda Cynon and Taf, Renfrewshire and Derbyshire) in October 2003, 4 areas (East Lancs, Somerset, Gateshead and South Tyneside and Essex) in April 2004 and a further 4 (Cumbria; Glasgow; Lancashire West; Tees Valley) in October 2005.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=184711&NewsAreaID=2 (603 words)

	Ananova - Update due on child poverty
		Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton is expected to hail inroads into child poverty today, but warn there is plenty left to do.
		A report from the Department for Work and Pensions will show there were 700,000 fewer children living in poverty in 2004/5 compared to 1997.
		It will contain a special chapter on child poverty ahead of the Department for Work and Pensions' child poverty strategy, to be published later this year.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_2039105.html?menu=news.technology.textmessaging (213 words)

	Millions of couples to benefit from radical pension reform \| the Daily Mail
		Reforms to be unveiled next week by Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton are designed to more than double the number of women who qualify for the full basic state pension by 2010.
		A typical couple where a man has a solid work history, but a woman has only worked part time because she has taken time out to care for children will see their joint pension income rise from £190 a week today to £230 a week.
		The age at which women can claim the state pension is already due to rise from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2020, and will rise further in line with men after that.
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=414914 (2038 words)

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