As the Guardian notes: The government’s radical programme to slash spending will see the first rise in absolute child poverty for 15 years, with almost
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I had a guest blog on Left Foot Forward today. It said: There’s an item of government spending which has been subject to almost no
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I have written quite a lot of late about pensions — and in doing so have made clear my concerns about the new compulsory government
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The Daily Mail seems intent on starting a row about the new national pension scheme that Labour planned and which the ConDems have endorsed. I
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The Guardian asks the above question this morning and notes: Richard Murphy of Tax Research UK doesn’t think the changes go far enough to restrict
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The ConDems have announced new limits on pension contributions a person can make in the UK this morning: High earners will see the amount of
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IFA Online covered ‘Making Pensions Work’ yesterday, giving it a good report. In response they also noted that: Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at
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  From the Guardian this morning: John Hutton says taxpayers can no longer afford to support the pensions of state employees (Report, 8 October). Unfortunately,
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The ConDems just don’t get the absurdity of their proposals on university fees. I’m not saying Labour did either (except in Wales and Scotland) but
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