Tony Blair has refused to rule introducing means-testing of state pension benefits after being challenged to state his position by the Tories, reports The Daily Telegraph.
The refusal came at the daily Labour Party press briefing yesterday, the paper says, after David Willetts highlighted the lack of clarity in Labour’s manifesto, which defers decisions until after the Pensions Commission has published its second report this Autumn. The Telegraph also notes that Blair in a Friday radio phone-in said he “didn’t think” compulsion was appropriate, even though compulsion is one of the questions being addressed in the yet-to-be published Commission report. That stance was contradicted yesterday by Work and Pensions secretary Alan Johnson, who said Blair was ...
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