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Statistical analysis of how elective inpatient and outpatient treatments—and waiting times—affect benefit receipt in England between April 2014 and April 2024, examining links between waiting lists and claimant outcomes.
NIESR argues ending the state pension ‘triple lock’ is a welcome move but should be implemented sooner rather than later. The triple lock, introduced in 2011, raises pensions by CPI inflation, average earnings, or 2.5%—whichever is highest.
Finds that introducing rent controls would slow private rent growth and therefore reduce the fiscal cost of uprating Local Housing Allowance to reflect market rents, cutting the bill for restoring the link between LHA and local rents.