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PENSIONS BLUNDER: TREASURY TOOK ON TOO MUCH TOO SOON - WEBB

12.08.02pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 20th May 2003

Steve Webb MP, Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Steve Webb MP, Lib Dem Shadow Secretary fo State for Work and Pensions

Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary, commenting on the Paymaster General's statement "National Insurance Contrbutions Deficiency Notices", said:

"Clearly the NIRS2 computer is the root of this problem. This shambolic system was the result of successive governments' incompetence."

"The empire building of Gordon Brown has resulted in the Treasury taking on too much too soon.

"This statement shows that the Government's priority is buck-passing, not establishing how families lost out and how to rectify the problems."

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