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[BAZ310165]

When Gordon Brown became PM,his guaranteed annual pension entitlement rose to approx how much?

[Whoever]

FAR TOO MUCH in view of the fact that when he was Chancellor he introduced taxation measures that drastically reduced the value of everybody else's pension and even when taken to Court he refused to do anything about the many individuals whose pensions were totally wiped out when their companies went into liquidation. It is only recently (and years later) that the government has finally decided to to give them some compensation, AND THAT ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TAKING SUCH A HAMMERING IN THE POLLS. So every time I come across mention of ministerial gold plated index linked salaries, my blood pressure soars!

Apologies for the rant when you asked a perfectly innocent question but I don't see why GB should think he's been allowed to get away with it !

[BAZ310165]

Thank you -I understand your anger and I agree that there is no justification for PM or other political leaders to have a pension when lots of ordinary people have lost everything.
GB has also done one of the worse sin by abolishing tax credits for Pension Funds to reclaim.If he had not done this abolition, we would still be having a solid pension schemes and everyone would have been ok. He should not have spent billions on unnecessarily wars.
I only questioned as I am trying to complete one of the Quizzes in the Daily Mail of 26/12.
If it's any good, GB will have a pension of �110k @ year which shows inequality and greedinness.