Opposition welcomes FOI pensions ruling

The Treasury has less than a month to decide whether to appeal a ruling by the independent Information Commissioner, which upheld a complaint stating the Treasury did not comply with section 1 of the Act by refusing to disclose information relating to the removal of tax credits on dividends. But George Osborne, shadow chancellor for the Conservatives, says: "Now Gordon Brown will be forced to tell us the truth behind his £5bn pension tax raid, and whether he knew in advance of the damage that he was going to cause to the nation's pensions." The Treasury now has until the 5 July to launc...