Should well-off pensioners be offered an OBE for opting out of their state pension?

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Jonathan Stapleton: I'd choose "Order of Pensions Glory" over an OBE anyday.
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Jonathan Stapleton: I'd choose "Order of Pensions Glory" over an OBE anyday.

Over the summer, the left-leaning think tank Compass is publishing 100 Ideas for 100 Days of the Burnham Government.

The first 33 of its ideas were published last week and the remaining 67 are due to be published in instalments on 21 and 28 August. In an article last week, The Independent reported that one of ...

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