Three things we learned this week

PPI: Reforms will cut Pension Credit dependence State pension reforms will result in a considerable drop in the number of people eligible for means-tested Pensions Credit in the coming decades. Analysis from the Pensions Policy Institute said one of the key aims for the reforms was to reduce the reliance on means-tested benefits. Its report warned high levels of reliance on means-tested benefits - and particularly on Pension Credit, which provides basic income - risk undermining the policy of auto-enrolment if individuals perceive that being eligible for means-tested benefits means ...