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Living standards of working-age disability benefits recipients in the UK

Cribb, Jonathan; Karjalainen, Heidi; Waters, Tom - 2022

We examine the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and disability benefits recipients over time … in the UK. The UK’s disability benefits system (which is non-means-tested and in which receipt is unrelated to work … are now on disability benefits, up from 2% in 1992–93. This rise has been driven by claims for mental health and other …

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Pensions : five key decisions for the next government

Cribb, Jonathan; Karjalainen, Heidi; O'Brien, Laurence - 2024

The current generation of pensioners has, in general, been better served by the UK's mix of state and private pension provision than earlier generations were. Pensioners today have disposable incomes - once you take account of housing costs and children - that on average are similar to those...

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Challenges for the UK pension system : the case for a pensions review

Cribb, Jonathan; Emmerson, Carl; Johnson, Paul; … - 2023

This report makes the case for a new review of the pension system in the UK. There are a number of key challenges facing future generations of pensioners that threaten their living standards in retirement and which, without policy action, mean many are likely to face substantial financial...