Pensions minister Steve Webb: An interview

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Lib Dem Steve Webb has been charged with shaping pensions policy in the new coalition Government. So what did he have to say about a possible Con-Lib coalition in this interview from March?

Interview by Tom Selby, correspondent for Professional Pensions, IFAonline's sister title: Any lingering doubts about the scale of the challenge Webb and the Liberal Democrats face in the build-up to the General Election were realised this month (March) at the 2010 Pensions Advisory Service conference: "Let's kick off with a show of hands," Webb told the 150-strong audience, "who here, honestly, can say they woke up this morning thinking: ‘I can't wait to hear what the Liberal Democrats have to say about pensions?'" Silence...no hands...

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