'Include pensions' in welfare cap

Updated
George Osborne
George Osborne

Future governments will have to shave billions of pounds off public services like education and health unless state pensions are included in a welfare cap, a think-tank has warned.

The overall limit set to be outlined by George Osborne on Wednesday will be "meaningless" if, as expected, the bill for retirement payouts is omitted.
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