Team Osborne get in touch in relation to my last post. Yes it is an old idea, they say, but Labour is pussyfooting around. They would implement it properly. Cameron has just walked into the room… Let’s see how he does.
Update: At his speech in Euston, Cameron has just sought to make a virtue of this. Labour has only now given details about the funding and timetable of their financial advice centres. We have made the government’s decision for them, says Cameron. Show them how it can be done.

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