DWP select committee launches inquiry into introduction of state pension

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The introduction of the state pension from April 2016 will be scrutinised through an inquiry by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) select committee.

MP Frank Field who chairs the select committee said there needed to be clarity for people about how they would be affected by changes once they claimed their pension. Complexities arising out of...

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