Sentences with phrase «today pensions minister»

The scheme was boosted to # 2.3 billion in March when Gordon Brown committed an extra # 400 million in the Budget, and today pensions minister James Purnell said it would now help about 40,000 people.

But today pensions minister James Purnell warned that individuals must also take responsibility for their future.

Not exact matches

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude struggled when under forensic examination on the Today programme this morning, when he was seemingly unable to answer why public sector pension reform was needed when its cost as a share of GDP was set to fall.

The union will urge the minister to consider the very real threat to the services provided by his department, particularly in light of a critical Commons report into the Department for Work and Pensions» finances expected to be published today (13).

Two former pensions ministers, Liberal Democrat Steve Webb and his Conservative successor Ros Altmann (pictured above), today squared up over whether the government should keep the triple lock.

Mark Harper, the minister for disabled people, will appear in front of the work and pensions select committee on Wednesday today to defend the government's troubled record on implementation of the new disability benefit, the personal independence payment (PIP).

The changes were revealed in a Written Ministerial Statement by Work and Pensions Minister Mike Penning today.

Speaking after today's (27) meeting with ministers over the government's plans to cut public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

New housing minister Caroline Flint today continued to apply her old work and pensions brief to social housing.

Derek Simpson, general secretary of the Amicus union, welcomed today's ruling as a victory, saying ministers now had a «moral obligation» to reimburse the thousands of people who lost their pensions through no fault of their own.

Owen Smith today pledged to reform pensions tax relief as part of a «triple - lock» to ensure the «biggest boost in living standards ever recorded» if he becomes prime minister.

Similarly, it is the Lib Dem pensions minister, Steve Webb, who has been pushing for the changes to pensions announced today.

Employment minister Esther McVey, work and pensions minister Stephen Timms and Taxpayers» Alliance chief executive Matthew Sinclair all attended today's event.

The announcement comes on the heels of several surveys and polls indicating Canadians are unprepared for retirement, and as Flaherty and provincial finance ministers are meeting today in Charlottetown to discuss further pension reform.

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today relaunched an insurance scheme for senior citizens that will provide monthly pension ranging from Rs Read More

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today relaunched an insurance scheme for senior citizens that will provide monthly pension ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000.

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today relaunched an insurance scheme for senior citizens that will provide monthly pension rangin... read more