It was announced in 2010 that Swanage will be re-connected to the national rail network, restoring a link broken almost 40 years ago.

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He had particular fun reminding the Tory leader that, while he now claims to be the champion for restoring the link between pensions and earnings, it was the last Tory government which abandoned it in the first place.

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Lord Turner insists that restoring the earnings link, despite its cost, is vital in order to arrest the spread of means-testing which discourages saving.

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In opposition he insisted on abandoning the Labour Party's commitment to restoring the earnings link for raising the basic state pension, ditched by Margaret Thatcher to save money.

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That has opened the way to restoring the earnings link to the basic state pension, another no-go area for the chancellor, but an indispensable reform if means-testing is to be arrested and saving encouraged.

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"It's tremendous news for us because it means this is one step further on restoring the canal to link up with the national network and the River Wey navigation in Guildford, Surrey, " she said.

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