Chancellor George Osborne has said he will cap the country's welfare budget each year for the next four years from April 2015 - but the state pension will not be included.
The flat rate universal state pension of around £140 per week will be implemented in April 2016 (PP Online, 8 May). Announcing his Comprehensive Spending Review to Parliament today, he said he w...
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