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One of these things is not like the others.
“We will protect key benefits for older people such as the winter fuel allowance, free TV licences, free bus travel, and free eye tests and prescriptions.”
Coalition Policy Programme, May 2010.
“…spending Mr Duncan Smith wants to pare back includes £2.7bn of winter fuel payments, a universal benefit paid to the over-60s that Mr Cameron made a conspicuous pledge to keep in the election campaign and coalition policy manifesto.”
The Financial Times, today.
Hopi Sen also blogs here.
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