Labour has slammed the coalition government for dithering over plans to introduce a flat rate state pension after it shelved the launch of a consultation last year.
Labour pension spokeswoman Rachel Reeves attacked pensions minister Steve Webb and the government for failing to deliver on promises to release a green paper consultation on a reported £140 flat rate state pension before the end of 2010. The Opposition warned the green paper had now been delayed "indefinitely". Reeves said: "The revelation that the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury can't agree on how the £140 flat rate pension would work is a blow for millions of people who had pinned hopes on the government's promise of more money and more certainty in retirement. ...
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