Our politicians should help us simplify the system

Alan Pickering says politicians should have the freedom to redefine what is meant by 'absolute'
At the turn of the century, I made a speech in Monte Carlo urging the government to tell the electorate that by 2030 the state pension age would be increased to 70 and the basic pension would be £10,000...
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