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Can you really give back your pensioner perks?

29 April 2013 16:30

This weekend, Iain Duncan Smith sparked a furore when a Sunday Telegraph interview quoted him as saying he would ‘encourage everybody who reads the Telegraph and doesn’t need [their winter… Continue reading

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David Cameron at the pre-election rally where he made his pledge on pensioner benefits in 2010. Picture: Getty

Winter fuel payments, broken promises, and the EU referendum

1 February 2013 18:11

Another day, another confusing briefing about public spending. Yesterday Downing Street got itself into a lather over defence spending. Today it’s pensioner benefits. The Independent’s story that the Lib Dems… Continue reading

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