How kind of the UK media to provide another example of selective reporting as the BBC fails to report the suspension of a major pension review.
It comes after This Site and others highlighted the respect in which rich farmers’ protests against Inheritance Tax have been treated, in contrast with those of climate change activists.
And of course the coverage of the conflict in Gaza remains shockingly skewed as long as our mass media continue refusing to admit that Israel is committing genocide there.
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I had to go to the Daily Express to find an article I could reproduce here:
Rachel Reeves has reportedly put her pensions review on ice over fears it risks forcing employers to significantly raise their contributions to staff retirement schemes, potentially by billions of pounds.
The Chancellor is understood to want to avoid piling further pressure on businesses following the backlash to her Budget, which landed employers with a £25bn bill for additional national insurance contributions.
In the first stage of the pensions review, Reeves outlined plans for “megafunds” of at least £25bn each, consolidating defined contribution and local government pension schemes. Such funds are aimed at releasing £80bn for investments in start-ups and infrastructure.
Although officials insist the second phase of the review is not being abandoned, no new timeline has been set, with one government official describing it as “TBC”.
The Financial Times reports that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will not proceed with the second phase of its pensions review this year, with insiders indicating Ms Reeves herself blocked the initiative.
A source familiar with Treasury and DWP discussions said: “Rachel is very aware of the fact that businesses are facing increased taxes, and she is serious about ensuring no additional burdens are placed on them.”
Why didn’t the BBC want to tell us about that?
Is it because it shows Labour trying to help businesses, and that interferes with a narrative that the Corporation is trying to push?
Or what?
One thing is sure: it makes a nonsense of the principle of fair, unbiased reporting.
Source: Rachel Reeves caves in as pension review on hold after £25bn bill backlash
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Selective reporting as the BBC fails to report the suspension of a major pension review
How kind of the UK media to provide another example of selective reporting as the BBC fails to report the suspension of a major pension review.
It comes after This Site and others highlighted the respect in which rich farmers’ protests against Inheritance Tax have been treated, in contrast with those of climate change activists.
And of course the coverage of the conflict in Gaza remains shockingly skewed as long as our mass media continue refusing to admit that Israel is committing genocide there.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
I had to go to the Daily Express to find an article I could reproduce here:
Why didn’t the BBC want to tell us about that?
Is it because it shows Labour trying to help businesses, and that interferes with a narrative that the Corporation is trying to push?
Or what?
One thing is sure: it makes a nonsense of the principle of fair, unbiased reporting.
Source: Rachel Reeves caves in as pension review on hold after £25bn bill backlash
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