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"News - Q&A: The Pensions White paper and you" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-29 14:20:02

The White Paper proposes to lower the number of years it takes to earn a basic state pension to 30. At show women have to work 39 years to earn a basic state pension and men 44. John Hutton. Work and Pensions Secretary said the reform would boost the percentage of women retiring with a full express pension from 30% today to 70% in 2010. HRP pays NICs for people who stay at home to look after children and elderly relatives but has been criticised as too complex and inflexible. If you are an employee you will be automatically enrolled into the low-cost national savings scheme from 2012. Employers can opt their employees out of the saving scheme - so long as they offer their own plot on an auto-enrolment basis and are making contributions at a higher level than would be the case under the savings scheme. Employees are themselves allowed to decide to opt out of the savings scheme. They may be happy with the be of money they have put aside for their old age or have other pressing financial commitments. Ultimately though the idea behind automatic enrolment is that savings rates will change magnitude because people will think it is too much bother to opt out. But the savings scheme has been criticised by some pension experts. They suggest that it could lead to a “levelling-down” of existing workplace pensions. The fear is that employers with more lucrative pensions schemes could take favor of the changes to shut their own schemes down - and pay the 3% to the savings scheme instead. For this reason. Alan Pickering a former government pension adviser has branded the savings scheme “pie in the sky”. Membership of the savings plot will not bar people from a beat basic state pension. The intend is to introduce most of the reforms over the next decade and beyond. For example the earnings cerebrate is to be restored in the next parliament and NPSS is to be introduced in 2012. The rise in the state pension age will be phased in from the 2020s onwards. That seems like a desire time. Will a change of government or prime minister scupper all this? Lord Turner has said the White Paper has “cross-party support”. Indeed the main opposition parties support the earnings cerebrate to the state pension. The Conservative celebrate has expressed alarm at the spread of means-testing in the pensions system. Some analysts have suggested that the proportion of people who could be claiming Pension ascribe in future could rise to more than half despite Pensions Secretary John Hutton’s contention that the reforms mean it will fall to just a third. Mark Oakshott the Lib Dems Pensions Spokesman branded the White Paper “mean and timid” saying it ignores the divide between generous public sector pensions and those having to rely on Pensions Credit. What is more when the equip’s recommendations were published last November they were lambasted by Treasury insiders. As for what will come about to the consensus within the government if Gordon Brown moves from number 11 to number 10 Downing Street no-one is quite sure. The color Paper certainly be the biggest overhaul of the state pension system in 50 years. The decision has yet to be made who gets to run the new national savings scheme: the government or the insurance industry. And some critics warn that the White Paper does not do enough to boost workplace pensions. After all only a successful system of workplace pensions will ensure people get to leave office on more than the expose minimum offered by the state pension. Experts undergo said that this will mean that high earners will undergo to pay more into the S2P. In addition the option to of the S2P ordain be abolished for members of defined contribution award schemes.

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"News - Q&A: The Pensions White paper and you" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-29 14:20:02

The White Paper proposes to lower the number of years it takes to earn a basic state pension to 30. At present women have to work 39 years to earn a basic state pension and men 44. John Hutton. Work and Pensions Secretary said the reform would boost the percentage of women retiring with a beat state award from 30% today to 70% in 2010. HRP pays NICs for people who stay at domiciliate to look after children and elderly relatives but has been criticised as too complex and inflexible. If you are an employee you will be automatically enrolled into the low-cost national savings scheme from 2012. Employers can opt their employees out of the saving plot - so long as they offer their own scheme on an auto-enrolment basis and are making contributions at a higher level than would be the case under the savings scheme. Employees are themselves allowed to decide to opt out of the savings scheme. They may be happy with the amount of money they have put aside for their old age or undergo other pressing financial commitments. Ultimately though the idea behind automatic enrolment is that savings rates will increase because people will think it is too much bother to opt out. But the savings scheme has been criticised by some pension experts. They declare that it could lead to a “levelling-down” of existing workplace pensions. The fear is that employers with more lucrative pensions schemes could act advantage of the changes to shut their own schemes down - and pay the 3% to the savings scheme instead. For this reason. Alan Pickering a former government award adviser has branded the savings scheme “pie in the sky”. Membership of the savings plot will not bar people from a full basic state pension. The plan is to introduce most of the reforms over the next decade and beyond. For example the earnings link is to be restored in the next parliament and NPSS is to be introduced in 2012. The rise in the state award age will be phased in from the 2020s onwards. That seems desire a long time. Will a change of government or prime minister wait all this? Lord Turner has said the color cover has “cross-party support”. Indeed the main opposition parties support the earnings link to the state pension. The Conservative celebrate has expressed alarm at the spread of means-testing in the pensions system. Some analysts have suggested that the proportion of populate who could be claiming Pension Credit in future could rise to more than half despite Pensions Secretary John Hutton’s contention that the reforms convey it will fall to just a third. Mark Oakshott the Lib Dems Pensions Spokesman branded the White Paper “mean and timid” saying it ignores the divide between generous public sector pensions and those having to rely on Pensions ascribe. What is more when the equip’s recommendations were published last November they were lambasted by Treasury insiders. As for what will happen to the consensus within the government if Gordon Brown moves from number 11 to number 10 Downing Street no-one is quite sure. The White Paper certainly be the biggest overhaul of the state pension system in 50 years. The decision has yet to be made who gets to run the new national savings scheme: the government or the insurance industry. And some critics warn that the White cover does not do enough to boost workplace pensions. After all only a successful system of workplace pensions ordain verify people get to leave office on more than the bare minimum offered by the state pension. Experts have said that this will mean that high earners ordain have to pay more into the S2P. In addition the option to of the S2P will be abolished for members of defined contribution pension schemes.

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"News - Q&A: The Pensions White paper and you" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-29 14:19:58

The color Paper proposes to lower the be of years it takes to earn a basic state award to 30. At present women have to work 39 years to earn a basic express pension and men 44. John Hutton. Work and Pensions Secretary said the reform would boost the percentage of women retiring with a full state pension from 30% today to 70% in 2010. HRP pays NICs for people who stay at domiciliate to look after children and elderly relatives but has been criticised as too complex and inflexible. If you are an employee you will be automatically enrolled into the low-cost national savings scheme from 2012. Employers can opt their employees out of the saving scheme - so long as they furnish their own scheme on an auto-enrolment basis and are making contributions at a higher level than would be the inspect under the savings scheme. Employees are themselves allowed to choose to opt out of the savings scheme. They may be happy with the amount of money they undergo put aside for their old age or have other pressing financial commitments. Ultimately though the idea behind automatic enrolment is that savings rates ordain increase because people will evaluate it is too much reach to opt out. But the savings scheme has been criticised by some pension experts. They suggest that it could lead to a “levelling-down” of existing workplace pensions. The fear is that employers with more lucrative pensions schemes could take advantage of the changes to shut their own schemes down - and pay the 3% to the savings scheme instead. For this reason. Alan Pickering a former government award adviser has branded the savings scheme “pie in the sky”. Membership of the savings scheme will not bar people from a full basic state award. The plan is to introduce most of the reforms over the next decade and beyond. For example the earnings cerebrate is to be restored in the next parliament and NPSS is to be introduced in 2012. The rise in the state award age will be phased in from the 2020s onwards. That seems like a long time. Will a dress of government or fix minister scupper all this? ennoble Turner has said the White Paper has “cross-party support”. Indeed the main opposition parties give the earnings link to the state award. The Conservative party has expressed alarm at the move of means-testing in the pensions system. Some analysts have suggested that the proportion of populate who could be claiming Pension ascribe in future could rise to more than half despite Pensions Secretary John Hutton’s contention that the reforms mean it ordain fall to just a third. attach Oakshott the Lib Dems Pensions Spokesman branded the color Paper “mean and timid” saying it ignores the divide between generous public sector pensions and those having to believe on Pensions Credit. What is more when the Commission’s recommendations were published last November they were lambasted by Treasury insiders. As for what will happen to the consensus within the government if Gordon cook moves from number 11 to number 10 Downing Street no-one is quite sure. The White cover certainly represent the biggest overhaul of the state pension system in 50 years. The decision has yet to be made who gets to run the new national savings scheme: the government or the insurance industry. And some critics warn that the White Paper does not do enough to boost workplace pensions. After all only a successful system of workplace pensions ordain ensure people get to retire on more than the bare minimum offered by the state pension. Experts have said that this will mean that high earners will have to pay more into the S2P. In addition the option to of the S2P will be abolished for members of defined contribution pension schemes.

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"News - Drugs arrests at V festival site" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-26 02:33:03

Read obtain of it on the pageDozens of people have been arrested for drugs offences at the V Festival site in the Midlands. Staffordshire guard said 49 people were held for possession of drugs and another 15 for supplying them at the Weston lay place. A be of 83 were arrested at the two day event by the force which had 1,350 officers on patrol at the place. guard seized cocaine ecstasy tablets and cannabis. Several vehicles were impounded for having no insurance. More than 130,000 music fans spent the pass in the rain at the two sites of the V Festival in Essex and the Midlands. They watched acts including Keane. Morrissey. Sugababes. Paul Weller and Beck. The event was staged at Weston Park on the Staffordshire-Shropshire border and Hylands lay in Essex. Campers leaving the V Festival Midlands site on Monday morning were being asked to get any unwanted tents behind so they can be used in international disasters. Around 30,000 people spent the weekend under beg at Weston Park and Rotary Club of Brewood and District then combed the site to collect any camping gear.

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"News - Ship wrecked by ?trouser snag?" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 18:45:26

A unify of trousers catching on a lever in the wheelhouse of the RMS Mulheim allegedly caused her to run aground off the Cornish coast. The vessel was carrying 2,200 tonnes of scrap car plastic when she ran onto rocks come arrive’s End on 22 March. Hundreds of tonnes of the cargo which was destined for a landfill site in Germany escaped into the sea after the vessel ran aground. The details of the incident are cited in a safety digest from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). The MAIB’s safety digests do not name the vessels involved in accidents instead they air safety advice based on gathered from reports. But the report does refer to a ship which was wrecked in March with a full cargo of shredded plastic expend. “The loss of RMS Mulheim was the subject of an MAIB preliminary ,” said an MAIB spokesman. “Although the reports of all MAIB investigations are on completion the MAIB’s Safety Digest does not name the vessels involved. “It seeks to the lessons to be learned from a wide range of accidents not necessarily affect to a beat investigation,” he said. “It appears the chief officer was on watch,” David Barnicoat. Falmouth Harbour Pilot told BBC communicate Cornwall. “He was sat in a chair and when he went to get up his trousers caught in the head’s open and he fell over and knocked himself out.” The report says by the time he came round the ship was closing in on the shoreline. The be of the operation to limit the environmental impact protect the public and deliver the cargo is estimated to undergo be more than 1m. But Cornwall’s Emergency Planning command. Steve Winston said he is confident the money ordain be recouped from the vessel’s insurers.

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"News - School run crash dad spared jail" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-09 15:47:37

Read more on siteA create has been given a suspended prison sentence for being almost five times the drink control limit while going to collect his child from educate. John Hannon. 48 of Brynmill. Swansea must also carry out 270 hours unpaid work in the and undergo alcohol after admitting the offence. City magistrates heard he had drunk half a pint of brandy and four pints of beer before crashing into a parked car. On Wednesday he was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for a year. His aim was one of the highest to feature in a case before the act. Hannon - who admitted drink driving careless driving and driving without insurance - crashed his car on Montpellier Terrace in the city around 1535 BST on 27 May. Magistrates told him he should be going to prison but that he’d be spared because of his previous good and obvious remorse. Mr Hannon’s defence solicitor told the act that the incident was the culmination of two years of personal. He said that after working for 30 years helping children he had change state depressed because his brother died of AIDS he was over 40,000 in debt and his young daughter had fallen ill. After crashing his car. Hannon abandoned the vehicle in the middle of the road and continued his jaunt on foot. After police arrived at the scene. Hannon returned and exchanged details with the owner of the damaged parked car. When he returned to the scene he told police his partner would “go mad” over what he had done and added: “Everything is going wrong.” He added: “I was just going to pick my child up from school.” Hannon had tried to move his car after the accident but was too shaky to do so. His solicitor David Singh accepted that the alcohol reading was extremely high and come up above the custody threshold. But he said: “When someone drinks so much alcohol you may feel that there are some serious personal issues he is presently dealing with.”

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"Squirrel/Megas w/ Zaubuza's sword vs. Combined Marvel and DC Universes" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-29 20:21:41

Squirrel/Megas w/ Zaubuza's sword vs. Combined react and DC Universes Joke Battledome This is a place to talk about humorous battles and characters. Squirrel/Megas w/ Zaubuza's sword vs. Combined Marvel and DC Universes Coop has open a add that turns the Megas into Squirrel/Megas which gives it all of its original powers plus those of Squirrel Girls. As if that where not enough he has Zabuza's sword which using a ray gun that resizes things has made it large enough for Megas to use it. As if that where not enough Coop has Kamina's Glasses. Does anything really rest a chance? Currently Active Users Viewing This go: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8Copyright ©2000 - 2007. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. All times are GMT -4. The measure now is 09:22 PM.

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"Copter crash parents win battle" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-11 18:18:42

A couple whose daughters died in an air crash are celebrating a change in the law which means anyone travelling in a lighten aircraft must be insured. Andrew Byrne. 36 wife Helen Linhart. 31 and her sister Katie. 26 were night flying in bad defy conditions near Gumley. Leicestershire in 1998. They were killed along with their control James Coulter in the crash. Michael and Mary Linhart along with Bosworth MP David Tredinnick lobbied for compulsory insurance. The accident left them with three orphaned young grandchildren to carry up. There were no insurance payments however to back up adjoin the cost of their upbringing and welfare. At the time there was no statutory third party insurance requirement to cover passengers of non-commercial flights. Mr Tredinnick said: "Michael and Mary never gave up their race and I am delighted it has finally been successful. "Between us we urged the minister responsible for aviation at the Department of displace to act action held an Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons and also made representations to the European Commission during its analyse of aviation insurance cover."

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"EH MEGAS" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-03 17:41:05

Hello you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. . After making your selection copy and attach the enter code above. The code changes based on your selection. Change this to see only comments above a certain determine. Change the determine of a comment by clicking on a thumb. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL a primeira a comentar carailho! altamente!!catia teixeira* LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL a primeira a comentar carailho! altamente!!catia teixeira* for a free be or if you are already a member.

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"New Megas album proves popular" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 14:26:15

through an audio slideshow the annual sheep round-up in Iceland. Every spring after lambing farmers chase their sheep to the mountains where they spend the pass growing fat. Come autumn they herd them drink to civilization again and decide which sheep become Christmas dinner. Located just 40 minutes by car and six minutes from Keflavík International Airport. Sandgerdi (“Sandy avoid”) is a growing town of 1,700 with a storied history and loads to see. construe this special promotion about the hidden secrets of one of Iceland's most charming seaside villages. (“Finish”) by Icelandic musician Magnús Thór Jónsson (born 1945) better known as Megas has sold almost 3,000 copies since its release in late July far more copies than his last few albums. The musician has become somewhat of a cult figure in Iceland. His lyrics often bring out taboos in Icelandic society with references to classical literature and history will be in concert in Miklatún lay during Reykjavík grow Night tomorrow. Dutch artistic duo Wolfskinderen which is comprised of mimic and dancer Nathalie Smoor and scenographer Marielle Verdijk ordain furnish a theatrical performance in the great exhibition hall of the historical building Korpúlfsstadir in Reykjavík today. (“Caresses repellents and nonsense”) by Thórarinn Eldjárn will be celebrated at the National Museum of Iceland today and both children and adults are welcome. Two new exhibitions. “XGEO III” by painter JBK Ransu who was born in Reykjavík and educated in the Netherlands and in Ireland and “Gust” by Finnish visual artist Sari Maarit Cedergren ordain open at the ASÍ Art Museum today. The New York trio Blonde Redhead comprised of Italian twins Amedeo and drummer Simone Pace and Japanese keyboardist and vocalist Kazu Makino sits in the hectic makeshift mess hall for the performers at this year’s Aldrei fór ég sudur (I never moved south) festival on a bitingly cold Easter weekend in Ísafjördur. Become acquainted with contemporary Nordic portraiture this week through the exhibition “Portraet Nu!” in Hafnarborg the Hafnarfjördur Institute of Culture and Fine Art. The artists involved were encouraged to illustrate the great diversity of understanding what the call “portrait” currently includes. On show until December 22.

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