Pension compensation is a test of Brown's leadership

Speaking at a demonstration by the Pensions Action Group (PAG) at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester yesterday, Altmann, an independent consultant, says the issue of compensation is a test of whether Brown is “up to the job” of Prime Minister once Tony Blair leaves. She claims the government is still in denial of the “obvious truth” after both the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) “categorically and unequivocally determined the government is guilty of letting these people down”. And she argues the government did not tell members the tru...