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Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Tuesday, May 07, 2013 Posted by Jake No comments Labels: benefits, Big Society, budget cuts, pensions, taxation, Tories

Should the wealthy elderly return their benefits, or the super-rich and corporates return their £70bn+ dodged taxes?

Posted by Jake on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 with No comments | Labels: benefits, Big Society, budget cuts, pensions, taxation, Tories

Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith do the sums...

SOURCE BBC NEWS: Iain Duncan Smith urges wealthy elderly to 'hand back' benefits

Wealthy elderly people who do not need benefits to help with fuel bills, TV licences or free travel should give the money to his department, said the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith. He said he would "encourage" people who do not need such financial support "to hand it back".

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