Next stages of Government's State Pension Reform outlined
5 April 2011 (updated on 5 April 2011)
Steve Webb, Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, made a statement to the House of Commons on Monday 4 April on state pension reform
Mr Webb told MPs the Government had published a Green Paper which looks at whether the "..existing pensions system is suitable for meeting the challenges of the future."
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, Rachel Reeves, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
Read the statement and the views expressed by MPs in Commons Hansard.
- Commons Hansard: Statement on State Pension Reform
- Video and Audio: Statement on State Pension Reform
- Topics: Pensions
- Welfare Reform Bill
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