The government says it wasn't involved in setting the pay scale for political advisers.
U.K.'s Labour Party gathers after rocky start in government, scandal over clothes
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The government argues that pensioners will be better off even with the cut, because the state pension, which is indexed to wages and inflation, is due to rise by 460 pounds ($600) next year.
British PM Keir Starmer says he has to make tough decisions. Some of his lawmakers are unhappy
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