Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the
Prime Minister’s decision to drop her manifesto commitment to ending the
‘triple lock’ on state pensions and cutting the Winter Fuel Payment from ten
million pensioners, said:
“We
welcome that the Prime Minister has been forced to drop these punitive
austerity measures, which would have hit the living standards of millions of
older people.
“This
marks another decisive blow against this Government’s failing austerity agenda,
which was not supported at the general election.
“After
refusing to last week, the Work and Pensions Secretary must now rule out any
future threat to the ‘triple lock’.
“This
Conservative chaos and confusion shows that only Labour can be trusted to guarantee
older people a secure and dignified retirement.”
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