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Lord Turner has called Treasury claims he or anyone else senior at the CBI lobbied for Gordon Brown's 1997 pension tax changes "completely untrue". | Lord Turner has called Treasury claims he or anyone else senior at the CBI lobbied for Gordon Brown's 1997 pension tax changes "completely untrue". |
The Treasury claims that Chancellor Gordon Brown had been lobbied by the business group in 1996, when Lord Turner was the director-general. | |
Lord Turner's denial to the BBC came as current CBI boss Richard Lambert said the Treasury was indulging in "spin". | Lord Turner's denial to the BBC came as current CBI boss Richard Lambert said the Treasury was indulging in "spin". |
It follows Tory claims Mr Brown ignored warnings over the tax change's impact. | It follows Tory claims Mr Brown ignored warnings over the tax change's impact. |