Many have not forgiven him for a paltry increase in the basic state pension in 2000, or for removing a tax relief enjoyed by private pension funds three years earlier.

由于2000年他把基本国家养老金提高了一点，并由于三年前他取消了私人退休基金享有的减税政策，许多人至今还未原谅他。

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Special benefits for pensioners, who will be gaining from separate plans to shore up the basic state pension, could also be reduced.

对领取养老金者的特殊救济也可以缩减，这部分人的基本养老金来自于特殊计划的支撑。

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The change involves merging the state second pension with the basic state pension.

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It will involve merging the state second pension with the basic state pension, to create one flat-rate payment.

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The state pension comes in two parts, a basic state pension and an earnings related element previously called Serps, but now known as the State Second Pension (S2P).

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