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Sat 02 Feb 2009Government wrong to delay tax increases
THE TRADE unions have a legitimate grievance about the fact that it was not until 1am on the final night of the crisis talks that they were presented with the Government’s proposals for the levy on pensions.
They may, however, have been relieved to have been given this excuse to break off the negotiations at that stage, leaving the Government to impose the levy without the unions having to defend to their members a move many of them clearly resent.
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