Cameron commits to earnings link restoration despite deficit

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The Conservatives will restore the link between earnings and the level of the basic state pension should they win next year's general elections, David Cameron says.

Speaking at a conference yesterday, the Daily Telegraph reported the Tory leader as saying abandoning the restoration of the earnings link would be a "false economy". Cameron added the huge budg...

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