Figures show that house sales held steady in October (PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)Society, wrote Edmund Burke in Reflections on the Revolution in France, “is a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.” This was one of the founding principles of modern Conservatism — but I am beginning to wonder if, like so much else in what was once the Tory ethical code, it has been forgotten or ditched.
Last week’s Autumn Statement was conspicuously skewed in favour of older voters: specifically in its retention of the pension triple-lock, its promise of a £300 pensioner cost of living payment in 2023-24, and Jeremy Hunt’s decision not to move forward with suggested changes to the pensions lifetime allowance and pensions tax relief.
