MPs warn of 'long and complex' state pension transition

The Work and Pensions Committee backed the government's move to a single-tier flat-rate state pension of about £144 a week, however, it warned the policy's success hinges on how the government communicates. It also criticsed the government for its 'cavalier' move to bring forward the changes by 12 months. Dame Anne Begg, committee chairman, said: "This is a major reform which will affect all 40 million people of working age. Although the end result will be simplification, the transition period will be long and complex." She said people needed information on how they would be affect...