18th May 2006, 02:05 PM
Originally posted by Real Job:
I don't hold any brief for the government (never been a Labour supporter), but hasn't Gordon 'Prudence' Brown just made a commitment to restore the link between earnings and pensions, thereby significantly enhanceing the pensions of future retirees?
I think the idea is that by making the commitment now to do this in a few years, it becomes 'affordable'. Bear in mind that Prudence expects to be Prime Minister at the time.
1man1desk
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Quote:quote:Its the government that wants to break the conceptual link between money paid now and our future pensions, so that they can get away with breaking the social contract that is the basis of the state pension.
I don't hold any brief for the government (never been a Labour supporter), but hasn't Gordon 'Prudence' Brown just made a commitment to restore the link between earnings and pensions, thereby significantly enhanceing the pensions of future retirees?
I think the idea is that by making the commitment now to do this in a few years, it becomes 'affordable'. Bear in mind that Prudence expects to be Prime Minister at the time.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished