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| [Pensions and the needs of older people] | | Author(s) | Duncan Burbidge |
| Journal title | Citizen's Income Newsletter, issue 3, 2000 |
| Publisher | LSE, 2000 |
| Pages | 16 pp |
| Source | citizens-income@lse.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Income [older people] ; Needs [elderly] ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | This edition of the Citizen's Income Newsletter has pensions and the needs of older people as its theme. Older people present a special challenge to advocates of welfare reform. The impact of the Government's plans on pensioners is examined, in the light of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000. A major objection to the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) is that it is means-tested. A Citizen's Income would - if ever introduced - give pensioners a dependable income. The Alaska Permanent Fund, which sets a pathway for funding a basic income for all based on a public savings model, is described. An extract from an article in the Financial Times by Sir Samuel Brittan, indicates that leading economists accept the idea of a Basic Income. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001201219 A |
| Classmark | JJ: JF: IK: TM2 |
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