The Steve Webb interview: How I built a modern, inclusive,
liberal State Pension system by Caron Lindsay on Liberal Democrat Voice
Not exact matches
Read minister of
state for
pensions Steve Webb's speech to the
Liberal Democrat conference in full.
The
Liberal Democrat's have vowed to protect
state pension's by including a commitment to the «triple lock» system in their manifesto.
Liberal Democrat work and
pensions spokesman David Laws repeated his call for Ms Primarolo to resign, saying the Treasury was «in a
state of denial» about the problems facing one of its pet projects.
«Look at the massive expansion in apprenticeships pioneered by the
Liberal Democrats since then, look at the huge cash increase for everybody on the
state pension because of Steve Webb's
Liberal Democrat reforms on pensioners, look at the way toddlers in schools now get a healthy meal at lunchtime because of what the
Liberal Democrats have done and look at the way in which millions of working people in this country have received because of the
Liberal Democrat flagship policy of raising the point at which you start paying income tax.
We will restore the earnings link for the basic
state pension from April 2011 with a «triple guarantee» that
pensions are raised by the higher of earnings, prices or 2.5 %, as proposed by the
Liberal Democrats.
When Nick Clegg claimed he was in politics to fight for the poor and downtrodden, and then revealed he didn't have a clue what the
state pension was, this writer's suspicion that he is a professional politician using the
Liberal party as a stepping stone to higher office was confirmed, and now he is using the Tory Party as a stepping stone.
Meanwhile former
Liberal Party boss Ray Harding was engulfed in a pay - to - play
pension scandal involving the
state Comptroller's Office.
Tuition tax credits and changes in the
state's teacher -
pension system are among the issues that divide New York's gubernatorial candidates, Lieut. Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, the nominee of the Democratic and
Liberal parties, and Lewis Lehrman, who will be on the ballot as a Republican, a Conservative, and an independent.