Brown stops pounds 800k MPs' pension aid; GRAVY TRAIN 2.MPs will have to pay more for their pensions after Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. Brown scrapped a taxpayer top-up bail-out last night. The Prime Minister bowed to public outrage OUTRAGE. A grave injury; a serious wrong. This is a generic word which is applied to everything, which is injurious, in great degree, to the honor or rights of another. and dropped an pounds 800,000-a-year rise in workers' contributions to Westminster's payouts. Despite fury over expenses and the pensions crisis now hitting ordinary employees, No10 had defended making up a pounds 50million shortfall. But Mr Brown was forced to back down after the Tories did a U-turn and announced they would vote with the Lib Dems against the sting. Labour MP Frank Field also opposed op·pose v. op·posed, op·pos·ing, op·pos·es v.tr. 1. To be in contention or conflict with: oppose the enemy force. 2. increasing taxpayers' annual contributions from pounds 12.4million to pounds 13.2million. The TaxPayers' Alliance and Saga magazine had branded the rise "outrageous". |
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