Between the lines: May adopts too conservative an approach to pensions detail

A FEW hours after Gordon Brown came out fighting in Brighton, shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May was in Edinburgh outlining the pensions crisis facing the next government.

But whereas Brown's desperation compelled him to produce an unusually policy-heavy conference address, May was content to stick to platitudes and steer clear of specifics.

She dutifully catalogued the many pensions challenges the next administ...