introduced in 1860 by william gladstone.nt or spending increases or tax changes. we will take the day off. speculation anyway. we will just have more time to fill. let's look at the daily express. pensions boost for millions, relief as deficits in final salary schemes halved in a month. how has that happens, it's been causing lots of concern on the sheer scale of deficits? causing concern in some places, not in my house. because you don't have one, is that the case?|j fail to see how this is news that affects us the days. —— that affects us today. the pensions deficit has gone from something like hundred and 40 billion hundred and 50 billion. good news for millions of employees who are approaching retirement. that may be an apt description of daily express readers, but ijust don't see how this is a large story. and the stock market is quite volatile. the problem is, when pension schemes failand the problem is, when pension schemes fail and there is not the money to bail them out. we have seen out with big companies recently