A think tank's call for wealthy pensioners to be offered an OBE in exchange for giving up their state pension for three years has provoked a backlash from Independent readers.
Compass, a Labour-aligned pressure group, urged new prime minister Andy Burnham to introduce the ‘pensions sacrifice’ honour as part of a wider set of proposals, framing it as a way to ease pressure on the public finances by tapping into the same spirit of altruism as groups such as the Patriotic Millionaires.
