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Tackling the Pensions Crisis
20 January 2004
Writing in the Telegraph, David Willetts explains Conservative plans for pensions and encouraging saving for retirement.

Planning confidently for the future
07 November 2003
David Willetts makes clear how the Conservatives' policies on pensions will restore faith in saving again.

Speech to the Pensions World Conference
31 October 2003
David Willetts MP explains how a Conservative Government would modernise pensions.

Parliamentary Monitor
01 August 2003
David Willetts examines the Government's hidden figures on employment and outlines the Conservative approach to the crisis in our pensions.

Tax Credits: The Key Points
07 April 2003
Willetts explains the key points of Tax Credits. 7 April 2003

Labour's Failed Welfare-to-Work Schemes
25 November 2002
Willetts: Time for a crackdown on crackdowns. 25 Nov 2002

Lifetime Savings Account
04 October 2002
Consultation Document 4 Oct 2002

Families, Taxes and Benefits
29 May 2002
Writing in The House Magazine parliament's weekly magazine David Willetts argues that Gordon Brown has never offered any coherent assessment of the overall effect of his tax credits on family relationships.

Savings At All Time Low
09 May 2002
‘Hidden in the small print of Gordon Brown’s Budget is the projection that the savings ratio for 2002 is expected to be a tiny 3¾ per cent. This is the lowest annual figure since records began in 1963.' 9 May 2002

Gordon Brown's Tax Credits
11 April 2002
Between October 1999 and April 2003, the Government will have introduced five new tax credits for families, scrapped four of them and then introduced two new ones. That averages out as a new tax credit for families every six months. 11 April 2002

David Willetts

Shadow Minister
David Willetts is Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

David became the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions during the 1999 Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. During his tenure he has campaigned on issues such as cutting taxes for pensioners, Increasing the basic state pension, abolishing the compulsory annuities at age 75 and crucially allowing younger workers to opt for a properly funded private pension.

David has tirelessly spoken out on behalf of those members of society who are increasingly left out in the cold by the Labour Government's policies.

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