Budget 2013: Osborne confirms single tier state pension will go ahead in 2016

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The government will implement the single tier state pension a year earlier than planned in 2016, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed.

On Tuesday pensions minister Steve Webb confirmed the single tier state pension will be implemented in 2016, rather than 2017 as previously planned, bringing the subsequent end of contracting out f...

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