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Period = from:1907 till:2030

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  from:01/01/1908  till:06/04/2030 color:TIME  $left  text:  from:01/01/1908  till:01/01/1908 color:TIME  $left  text:"1908"  from:01/01/1908  till:01/01/1908 color:TIME  $right text:"Old Age Pensions Act passed providing Means-tested benefit to people over 70.^"  from:01/01/1925  till:01/01/1925 color:TIME  $left  text:"1925"  from:01/01/1925  till:01/01/1925 color:TIME  $right text:"Widows’, Orphans’ and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act introduced to provide the first contributory state pension scheme,~funded by contributions from both the employee and employer."  from:01/01/1940  till:01/01/1940 color:TIME  $left  text:"1940"  from:01/01/1940  till:01/01/1940 color:TIME  $right text:"Old Age and Widows’ Pension Act introduced that broadened the benefits available to women."  from:01/01/1946  till:01/01/1946 color:TIME  $left  text:"1946"  from:01/01/1946  till:01/01/1946 color:TIME  $right text:"National Insurance Act 1946 introduced a universal contributory state pension, funded by National Insurance contributions from~workers."  from:06/04/1978  till:06/04/1978 color:TIME  $left  text:"1978"  from:06/04/1978  till:06/04/1978 color:TIME  $right text:"State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme and~Guaranteed Minimum Pensions begin."  from:01/01/1995  till:01/01/1995 color:TIME  $left  text:"1995"  from:01/01/1995  till:01/01/1995 color:TIME  $right text:"Pensions Act 1995."  from:06/04/1997  till:06/04/1997 color:TIME  $left  text:"1997"  from:06/04/1997  till:06/04/1997 color:TIME  $right text:"Minimum funding requirement begins."  from:06/04/2002  till:06/04/2002 color:TIME  $left  text:"2002"  from:06/04/2002  till:06/04/2002 color:TIME  $right text:"State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme ends, start of the~State second pension and State Pension Credit Act."  from:01/01/2004  till:01/01/2004 color:TIME  $left  text:"2004"  from:01/01/2004  till:01/01/2004 color:TIME  $right text:"Pensions Act 2004."  from:06/04/2005  till:06/04/2005 color:TIME  $left  text:"2005"  from:06/04/2005  till:06/04/2005 color:TIME  $right text:"The Pensions Regulator and Pension Protection Fund start."  from:06/04/2006  till:06/04/2006 color:TIME  $left  text:"2006"  from:06/04/2006  till:06/04/2006 color:TIME  $right text:"Pension simplification."  from:06/04/2010  till:06/04/2010 color:TIME  $left  text:"2010"  from:06/04/2010  till:06/04/2010 color:TIME  $right text:"The State Pension age begins to increase from 60 to 65 for women.†"  from:01/01/2012  till:01/01/2012 color:TIME  $left  text:"2012"  from:01/01/2012  till:01/01/2012 color:TIME  $right text:"Personal Accounts begin to be phased in."  from:06/04/2018  till:06/04/2018 color:TIME  $left  text:"2018"  from:06/04/2018  till:06/04/2018 color:TIME  $right text:"The State Pension age is equalised at 65 for both men and women.†"  from:06/04/2020  till:06/04/2020 color:TIME  $left  text:"2020"  from:06/04/2020  till:06/04/2020 color:TIME  $right text:"The State Pension age is increased to 66.†"  from:06/04/2027  till:06/04/2027 color:TIME  $left  text:"2027"  from:06/04/2027  till:06/04/2027 color:TIME  $right text:"The State Pension age is increased to 67.†"