Election 2010: Labour earnings link proposal will cost '£2bn a year'

Jonathan Stapleton
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A Labour manifesto commitment to increase the basic state pension in line with earnings from 2012 will cost £2bn a year by the end of the next parliament, Towers Watson warns.

The consultant said that, until today, both Labour and the Conservatives said their aim was to increase the basic state pension in line with earnings from 2012 but they were only committed to doing...

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