Killer fact - £6bn pensions tax relief for richest 1%

TUC: Taxpayers contribute 10 times more in pension tax relief to the richest 1% of earners than the state pays to all retired public servants. Brendan Barber slams subsidy.

This profound fact was reported in Polly Toynbee's wide ranging critique of Tory slash and burn plans for the UK's public services.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/11/cameron-economy-tax-and-spend

Brendan Barber in a pre-congress interview has echoed demands for this obscene subsidy to be scrapped.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/swMSzvyYKuUje3RtcOrYA_w/view.m?id=176520&tid=120787&cat=Politics

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