Steve Webb
Pensions Minister
Steven John Webb, better known as Steve Webb (born 18
July 1965), is an English Liberal Democrat politician. He is
the Member of Parliament for Thornbury & Yate and is now the
Minister of State for Pensions.
In 2002 Steve kick started a group known as SWAPP.
The web site is still there.
Since becoming
Pensions Minister here is a few of his press interviews:
Government to raise state pension and end
means-testing
25 October 2010
| By
Paul McMillan Money Marketing
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The Government is to create a universal state
pension of £140 a week, eliminating the current
means-tested system. The plans, set to be
announced in a green paper later this year, look set
to combine all current elements of the state
pension, including the basic state pension and the
state second pension, into one payment above the
current level of pension credit. The move would
address the wide-spread concerns raised that Nest
would be undermined by means-testing. |
Currently, a single person can receive £97.65 a week and
a couple £156.15, with extra means-tested payments to the
poorest pensioners leading to single person payouts of up to
£132.50. Under the new regime a single person could receive
£7,280 a year and a couple £14,560.
The Government believes it can save £6bn by cutting the
bureaucracy around means-testing, according to reports.
Pensions minister Steve Webb (pictured) has long
campaigned for a citizens’ pension.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokeswoman says: “We
will be bringing forward proposals for reform in a green
paper later this year. Our aim will be a simple, decent
state pension for future pensioners, which is easy to
understand, efficient to deliver and affordable.”
The Saga Group director general Ros Altmann says; “After
years of watching our pension system falling apart, it seems
that the Coalition Government’s new Pensions Minister, Steve
Webb, may finally be getting to grips with the inadequacies
of the UK state pension.”
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