MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government has reached a preliminary deal to raise retirement pensions in line with inflation, suggesting its new Socialist leaders may take a less restrictive approach to spending after years of austerity under their predecessors.
The multi-party commission that controls social spending had agreed to the raise, though full details were still to be decided, the Socialist party said in a tweet late on Tuesday.
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