The chancellor has insisted that pensioners will be better off thanks to his 2012 Budget, despite mounting criticism of his £1 billion "granny tax" raid.
Mr Osborne's decision to scrap age-related allowances introduced by Winston Churchill in 1925 has been condemned as "outrageous" by older people's groups.
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- Greggs wages war on Osborne's half-baked Budget
Tax allowance to riseThreshold to hit £10,000
Beer tax cut by 1pCheer for nation's drinkers
Fuel duty rise scrapped3p rise axed
'Help-to-buy' schemeNew help announced
Budget 'for the few'Osborne heavily criticised
Welfare 'saved' from cutsNo further reductions
Tobacco duty riseNot enough, say campaigners
George Osborne’s attempt to slash £11.5bn off public spending in election year has run into cabinet trouble, after ministers identified only £2.5bn in cuts to their budgets. Some ministers failed to provide Mr Osborne with the list of 10 per cent in ...
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