The government should freeze the basic state pension for three years and consider phasing out public sector defined benefit (DB) pensions as part of a plan to bring spending under control, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) says.
The free-market think tank's Alternative Budget 2026 – authored by IEA senior economist Valentin Boboc – said weak economic growth, persistent deficits and rising national debt had left the governm...
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