{"id":22885,"date":"2013-05-07T18:02:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T11:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pensions-bill-what-flat-rate-changes-mean-to-married-couples\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T05:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:08:55","slug":"pensions-bill-what-flat-rate-changes-mean-to-married-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pensions-bill-what-flat-rate-changes-mean-to-married-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensions bill: what flat-rate changes mean to married couples"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe flat-rate state pension is earned by and paid to individuals, meaning non-working partners will no longer receive any moneyThe Queen’s speech will include details of the government’s pensions bill, which will introduce a flat-rate state pension for anyone reaching retirement age after April 2016. Entitlement to it will be earned by and paid to individuals, which means there will be some changes to what married couples receive. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The flat-rate state pension is earned by and paid to individuals, meaning non-working partners will...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-5X7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53313,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/poorest-face-double-whammy-if-tories-ditch-triple-lock-on-pensions\/","url_meta":{"origin":22885,"position":0},"title":"Poorest face \u2018double whammy\u2019 if Tories ditch triple lock on pensions","date":"April 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Removal of minimum rise could push many into povertyPlans to ditch the triple lock on the basic state pension would represent a \u201cdouble whammy\u201d for the poorest pensioners, many of whom have already lost out under this month\u2019s new flat-rate pension, according to a leading pension expert.Pensioners who rely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7284,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pensions-system-favours-the-richest-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":22885,"position":1},"title":"Pensions system favours the richest | Letters","date":"March 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Polly Toynbee\u2019s theory (Opinion, 8 March) that the chancellor caved in on reform of pension tax relief to a selfish pension industry suffers from one small problem \u2013 it isn\u2019t borne out by the facts. 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