Out with pensions unfairness – in with another

A standard £140-a-week state retirement pension for all is a beautifully simple idea, writes Peter Rhodes.

But what happens to those of us who are paying into Serps, the earnings-related additional pension?

And what about those stay-at-home mums who fell behind with their NI contributions and paid the state a lump sum to qualify for a full pension? Any refunds, Dave?

It is a golden rule of government that every time you remove one unfairness, you replace it with another.