Suchergebnisse

Since 1997, Labour has redistributed welfare spending to caregivers, especially parents. Two primary aims of this policy were getting more mothers into paid work and reducing child poverty. But the implications are more complicated than this. All households with children have gained, and especially those on low and middle incomes. But lone parents and mothers and fathers in couple households have each been affected differently. Defining what constitutes 'money for care' is a prerequisite for normative discussion on how the social costs of caregiving should be shared between and within households.

Examines state and private pensions and policy options, in light of a government statement on the issue, planned for early 1998; Great Britain. State pension schemes, second pensions, including possible forms of private provision and the state earnings-related pension scheme (SERPS), and tax relief.