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The NHS Pension Scheme has 1.7 million members actively contributing, 713,000 deferred members and 1 million pensioners receiving benefits. [3] The benefits and conditions vary according to the type of worker and the dates of their service.
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Initially, it was a contributory form of insurance against illness and unemployment, and eventually provided retirement pensions and other benefits. [1] Currently, workers pay contributions from the age of sixteen years, until the age they become eligible for the State Pension.
Following the passage of the Old Age Pensions Act 1908 a pension of 5/— per week (£0.25, equivalent, using the Consumer Price Index, to £33 in 2023), [2] or 7/6 per week (£0.38, equivalent to £49/week in 2023) for a married couple, was payable to persons with an income below £21 per annum (equivalent to £2800 in 2023); the qualifying ...
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The Pensions Ombudsman is the official ombudsman institution responsible for investigating complaints regarding pensions in the United Kingdom.The Pensions Ombudsman is a non-departmental public body stewarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman are appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
OBR forecasts biggest fall in living standards on record as Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer accuses chancellor Jeremy Hunt of ‘permanent tax cut for wealthy’
The NHS is the largest employer in Europe, with one in every 25 adults in England working for the NHS. [46] As of February 2023, NHS England employed 1.4 million staff. [ 47 ] Nursing staff accounted for the largest cohort at more than 330,000 employees, followed by clinical support staff at 290,000, scientific and technical staff at 163,000 ...