Government breaks Pension Pledge promise

[Canarian Weekly]

THE Spanish Government has decided to renege on a campaign pledge to compensate pensioners for a loss of spending power due to higher-than-expected inflation, opting instead to prioritise meeting the deficit-reduction target for this year, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría said after a Cabinet meeting at the end of November. At a joint [...]

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