Budget 2011: Osborne confirms single-tier £140pw state pension - UPDATE 2

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Chancellor George Osborne confirmed the government will implement a single-tier state pension.

He said the current system is "unbelieveably complex" and adds the proposed system will be flat-rate and still based on contributions. Osborne also said the new single-tier pension is likely to ...

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