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People should retire at 70, say business leaders

People should work until they are 70 and receive a state pension of £110 each week, business leaders have said. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called for later retirement, a flat pension rate and an end to means testing. Submitting proposals to the government’s pensions commission, the IoD also called for an end to… Read more »

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Brown: set out vision of a share-owning, home-owning democracy
Brown pledges ‘New Labour renewed’

Gordon Brown set out his vision for “New Labour renewed”, as he pledged to continue the reform agenda pursued by Tony Blair. The chancellor said the only future for the Labour party was “as the party of reform”. And to those activists hoping that a Brown premiership would see a return to old Labour, he… Read more »