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Legality Of Pensions,

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oxboy
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Legality Of Pensions,

Post by oxboy »

Sorry guys i know I keep harping on about the pensions but is it legal to just take a pensions break and not put your contributions in I cant for the life of me see how this can be so.
Surely if they were taken to court I cant understand how this does not constitute fraud on a massive scale.
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If you have time to read it this entry in Hansard is enlightening to say the least.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 3-0015.htm

The following is an extract

[quote]We should not forget that before the Prime Minister took office, as Chancellor he promised:

“I can give this pledge—fairness to the pensioners under Labourâ€
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For ten YES TEN YEAR'S the tory goverment took nearly £300 million pound's out of the (royalmail/postoffice) with inflation if you could beilive the figuer's now you would be looking at 3 to 4 billion pound's ps dont for get the interest rate's at 10.9% in the early 1990's. :shock: