A TV outsider versus a cosy little carve-up
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The UK's Independent Television Commission is likely to wait until after the forthcoming general election before making a decision on awarding the licence for operating digital terrestrial television. If it awards the licence to the consortium of BSkyB, Granada and Carlton before the election, then the Conservative government could be vulnerable to accusations of trying to buy support from Rupert Murdoch. If the licence is awarded to Digital Television Network before the election, then Murdoch-owned newspapers may begin to express support for the Labour party.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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We have further to go on pension reform
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The UK government has announced plans to privatise the basic state pension, adopting a funded investment approach, rather than the current tax-funded pay-as-you-go procedure. It is clear that the pay-as-you-go approach is no longer able to deliver an acceptable level of benefit, and it is therefore necessary to find a way of boosting the level of benefit without significantly increasing the burden of taxation. It could be argued that the planned reform does not go far enough, and that people should be forced to save a much larger proportion of their earnings.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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