UK - The government has avoided a major backbench rebellion over pensions by promising more public money to restore the savings pots of people who lost out when their companies went bust.
MPs overturned a Lords amendment, opposed by ministers, for a “lifeboat fund” by 303 votes to 253, a government majority of 50. Earlier, Mike O’Brien, pensions minister, told MPs the government...
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