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The introduction of the new State Pension means that contracting-out of the additional State Pension ended on 5 April 2016. This changed National Insurance contributions for people in Defined Benefit pension schemes who were previously contracted-out, as these employees paid a lower rate of National Insurance in exchange for contributing towards a workplace pension. These changes have been a part of our significant communications effort around the new State Pension.<\/p>

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Proposals to end contracting-out were first published in a 2011 Green Paper \u201cA State Pension for the 21st<\/sup> century\u201d and then in a January 2013 White Paper \u201cThe single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving\u201d. Proposals went through consultation with employers, pension schemes and their representatives before the Pensions Act was passed in 2014.<\/p>

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