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Steve Webb writes: working for pensioners, now and in the future

By Steve Webb MP | Mon 4th April 2011 - 11:08 pm

When I was appointed Pensions Minister last May my first priority was protecting current pensioners. It was widely assumed that the spending review would see cuts to a range of forms of help that pensioners receive. But despite the spending pressures, the budgets for bus passes, free television licences, free prescriptions and the Winter Fuel Allowance have been protected at the level set out by the previous government. Better still, where Labour had planned to cut Cold Weather Payments to £8.50 per week we have made them £25 permanently to protect the most vulnerable when the temperature is below …

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Posted in Op-eds and Parliament | Also tagged bus passes, free prescriptions, free television licences, pensions and winter fuel allowance | 29 Comments

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