Pensions and Social Security Debate
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Iain Duncan Smith
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Pensions and Social Security
Iain Duncan Smith Excerpts(12 years, 8 months ago)
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Gregg McClymont
The Minister is determined to tease out from the Opposition what will be in our next manifesto. Our position is clear, and he is obviously trying to deflect attention from this real-terms cut in the pension.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith)
Come on, Greg, you can do it. Just tell us!
Gregg McClymont
The Secretary of State must be less exuberant from a sedentary position.
I shall move rapidly on to the strivers tax. It is clear that strivers have been hit by a tax to pay the cost of the Government’s economic failure, while at the same time millionaires have received a £107,000 tax cut.