Elderly Deserve Budget Priority ; Chancellor Alistair Darling Last Night Faced Calls to Remove Most Pensioners From Paying Tax to Help Them Cope with the Effects of the Recession.

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Chancellor Alistair Darling last night faced calls to remove most pensioners from paying tax to help them cope with the effects of the recession.

As the Treasury put the finishing touches to tomorrow's Budget, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) set out a list of demands which also included hikes in the state pension, more help with paying fuel bills and extra funding for social care.

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Elderly Deserve Budget Priority ; Chancellor Alistair Darling Last Night Faced Calls to Remove Most Pensioners From Paying Tax to Help Them Cope with the Effects of the Recession.

Westcountry campaigners accused the Government of "political stubbornness" which is standing in the way of "decent" treatment of the elderly.

However, those hoping for a big spending Budget are likely to ...

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