The GOP, by contrast, learned it could build an energized, highly motivated base by pounding away at big government without making any specific promises.

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So the question that sits before the government today is: Are we going to let pensions fail, promises to participants be broken, without any intelligent inquiry into whether there were hidden financial incentives that may have contributed to the demise of these pensions?

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David Cameron's official spokesman defended the way in which the information had been published and denied the government was failing to live up to its promises on transparency by publishing the audit without any clear indication of how many of the 399 pledges have been broken.

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