Balls

Mar 31, 2007 0 Replies

Excellent headline on Yahoo right now. Sums it alls up really.


Chancellor acted on best advice -Balls


LONDON (Reuters) - The government dismissed on Saturday as "absolutely untrue" claims that Chancellor Gordon Brown ignored warnings over the impact of changes to pension policy introduced in his first budget.



Ed Balls, economic secretary to the Treasury, said Brown had acted on the "best advice from the civil servants" when he scrapped tax relief on dividends paid into pension funds in July 1997.



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