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Pensions Bill 2006
New bill to implement measures from UK's Turner Report
27 Feb 2007
The UK Government has published a new Pensions Bill which aims to implement some of the measures which originally stemmed from the Turner Report and which featured subsequently in the White Paper on pensions reform issued by the Department of Work and Pensions.
The Bill provides for the state pension age to be raised to 68 by 2046 and for action to be taken to restore the link between the basic state pension and average earnings. The bill also contains reforms designed to improve the pension entitlements of women and carers - the number of years' contributions needed to qualify for a full basic state pension is to be reduced and weekly credits are introduced to recognise and reward-caring responsibilities.
The full text of the Bill can be found here http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/pensions.htm
A further White Paper from the DWP, on the mechanics of setting up the proposed new system of personal accounts (another feature of the Turner Report recommendations) was promised by the end of 2006.