What is the future for the state pension?

Published on 17 September 2014

The current government has delivered or is planning radical changes to the delivery of education, health and, through its planned 'universal credit', working-age social security.

The current government has delivered or is planning radical changes to the delivery of education, health and, through its planned 'universal credit', working-age social security. On pensions, that other great pillar of the welfare state, it has shown less short term radicalism but perhaps just as much appetite for long term change.

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Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson

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Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

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Prospect Magazine

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Johnson, P. (2014). What is the future for the state pension? [Comment] Prospect Magazine. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/what-future-state-pension (accessed: 25 April 2024).

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