Edited by Bonnie MalkinIt is not known whether Mrs Hodge has shared the content of Lord ODonnells letter with her fellow committee chairmen. She is a feisty politician, but it might be to everyones benefit if she could be persuaded to show more restraint in cross-examining civil servants.

Much the same way it once ended up advocating a prices and incomes policy in the 1970s. Or membership of the ERM in the 1980s.

Read more:Stocks were nearly flat as worries about when or if the Federal Reserve might reduce its stimulus efforts offset a credit outlook upgrade for the United States.

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A solution to the funding problems for Social Security and Medicare has proven allusive because of the political dangers posed by any agreement that would trim benefits for millions of Americans or raise taxes to cover the projected shortfalls.
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