UK - Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed that a single flat-rate pension is one of a range of options that will be explored in a green paper to be published shortly.
Answering questions in the House of Commons, Webb said the £140 a week flat rate pensions would solve the problem of unclaimed means-tested benefits. Webb added that it would provide a "clear fo...
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