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“Measures the CFABB suggest could be used to curb spending include closing the public service pension plan to new teachers and civil servants, and abolishing the state pension.”

“A thinktank linked to Reform UK has called for the abolition of the state pension and £75bn worth of sweeping tax cuts in a “radical” report likely to influence the party’s platform for the next election.”

“Mr Bell told journalists that the First Minister had “rightly been called out for lying about the impact on state pensioners in Scotland, telling them the pension will be cut”.”

“Asked on BBC Radio 4 Today about his decision to scrap the triple lock on state pensions, he replied: ‘That’s not quite right.”

“The triple lock’s abolition subdues the amount at which the state pension grows every year, seriously eroding its value and spending power by the time many are eligible to receive it.”

“… has also proved adaptable: After Sweden’s severe fiscal and financial crisis of the early 1990s, the government deregulated industries, privatized some state enterprises, reformed pensions, and strengthened competition while preserving the core welfare…”