His proposal does nod to the left: a government health scheme, akin to Medicare, would compete with private insurers, potentially opening the door to a single-payer system if everyone chose to join the public scheme.
Outside an idle workshop, against a backdrop of rusty pipes, several elderly women are taking part in a government-funded public-works scheme.
"Under this new system, you would get the full flat-rate pension, plus you would continue to get your public sector occupational scheme, " he added.
The government raised the pay of public employees, forgave the loans of small farmers and expanded its public-works scheme for the rural poor.
In a statement, it said: "A number of public sector pension scheme administrators, including Xafinity Paymaster, were not notified of the correct GMP data, " the company said.
However a number of high-profile initiatives, including a London-wide public cycle hire scheme and a plan for a new railway link across the city, soon won him praise.
The government believes that the public support the scheme - former home secretary Jacqui Smith said she was regularly approached by people who said they did not want to wait several years to register for an ID card.
It did not feel the public benefits of the scheme outweighed the harm to the listed building and loss of former public house.
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Labour peer Lord Hoyle told peers that 83% of the public supported a compulsory scheme, whilst Liberal Democrat Baroness Parminter argued it would help local authorities deal with the "spiralling costs" costs of kennelling stray dogs.
Other transport workers had joined the striking metro workers in solidarity on Friday and a big rally was planned to protest against a public sector unified wage scheme that would see their salaries reduced by up to 25%.
But Labour also thinks its scheme will lower public spending in the long term.
As if pensions were not complex enough in themselves, each public service has a separate scheme, with great inconsistencies between them.
The Public Services Department said the scheme would be completed on time.
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At the first public meeting to discuss the scheme, around 70 people packed into Wedmore First School Academy to hear from those behind it.
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Sophie Coronini-Cronberg, who led the study from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, said the public health benefits of the scheme should be taken in to consideration when deciding its future.
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Maybe the president gets the award, and the kudos, but the cash goes to a charity or a scheme chosen by the public?
The Conservatives called for the available capital funding to be utilised better and work towards a 'public-private' sector partnership scheme to improve Welsh infrastructure.
"We are urging the government and beach managers to adopt a mandatory national scheme to provide permanent public information about storm pollution on every bathing beach, " said Mr Bell.
He added he made no apologies for the cost of the permits and said the money was needed to set up the scheme and to improve public transport.
In 1997, after a federal court had outlawed race-based selection for its public universities, Texas introduced a scheme guaranteeing university places to the top 10% of every high-school class.
Conservative MP George Eustice said companies considering leaving the scheme should not bow to public pressure.
And Mr Brown's nerdy scheme is unlikely to deflect public ire over his colleagues' fiddles.
The scheme, backed by the public and private sector, was the first of its kind in Scotland.
The Conservative-led authority said it was aware of the "significant public interest" in the Javelin Park scheme.
Former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, criticised the scheme, saying it undermined public confidence in the criminal justice system.
Fortunately, enough of a hue and cry was generated locally to provoke a public inquiry and ultimate rejection of the scheme.
The scheme, backed by the public and private sector, is the first in Scotland and will be rolled out to other areas.
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Others believe offering smart access to a range of government services could be one way of making the scheme appeal to the wider public.
The WiSpire project provides much faster connections than are normally available in many Norfolk villages, but it is not classified as "superfast" - and thus will not qualify for public funds under the government's scheme.
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