{"id":447,"date":"2012-03-28T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssc.squareeye.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2012-03-28T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T00:01:38","slug":"pensions-without-tiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategicsociety.org.uk\/pensions-without-tiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensions without tiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor\u2019s Budget announcement that a new single-tier state pension will be introduced early in the next Parliament \u2013 above the level of the current means tested Guarantee Credit \u2013 represents a personal triumph for pensions minister Steve Webb, and starts the clock ticking to the abolition of means tested Pension Credit.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>To read more, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/HlimAJ\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author: James Lloyd, Strategic Society Centre<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Public 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