6:36pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
Your report Opposition backs Tax Rebel’s Plan (July 6) reminded me that Margaret Thatcher abolished the link between the basic state pension and earnings in the 1980s which caused a far greater loss of income than the scrapping of the 10p tax rate.
It has been estimated that the breaking of the link amounts to a loss for each pensioner, on average of over £35 per week at today’s prices.
When will someone begin a real campaign to restore this serious loss of income, I wonder.
DAVID BUCKLE Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, Abingdon
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