Labour: The leaked pension manifesto pledges in full

Election pledges revealed

Jonathan Stapleton
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The leaked draft of Labour's general election manifesto includes a raft of pension proposals, including plans to amend the Takeover Code to protect pensioners and a pledge to enable the development of large efficient pensions funds. Read the proposals in full here…

The text of the draft manifesto - which was leaked to a number national newspapers and broadcasters - was also published in full via the Guido Fawkes website. The specific pension pledges are as follows: Page 5 Labour will amend the takeover regime to ensure that businesses identified as being 'systemically important' are protected from hostile takeovers, and ensure that when a company is bought there is a clear plan in place to protect workers and pensioners Page 6 The UK is the world's oldest nuclear industry, and nuclear will continue to be part of the UK energy supply. We...

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