DOES the Labour Government give a damn about pensioners?
Not content with scrapping tax relief on the arrangements made for a secure future, they are now going to raid pension funds, in a way which would have made the late former Labour MP Robert Maxwell smile.
Many of the older people cannot get out much and do not have many pleasures, which will get fewer, as the cost of their 'baccy' is going up with a bump, and if they should actually enjoy the odd half pint - well, I mean!
The Government is constantly complaining about the massive losses in duty when people bring back van loads from abroad.
It seems to me to be a little odd, to say the least, for the Government to raise the cost of a 'bottle,' when lower duties abroad are the main attraction.
Surely this will be counter-productive.
GRANVILLE BROADHURST, Sharples Street, Accrington.
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