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| 10/07/2012 |
Conservative MP Calls For Elderly Benefits To Be Means Tested |
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Wealthy pensioners should stop receiving free bus passes and prescriptions, Conservative MP Nick Boles is expected to argue later.
In a speech, Boles, an ally of David Cameron, is set to urge an end to universal benefits such as winter fuel allowance and free public transport.
He will argue that such benefits to be means-tested after the next general election, in 2015, stating that the welfare system is no longer affordable.
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At an event organised by the Resolution Foundation think-tank, Mr Boles is expected to argue that older people must shoulder their fair share of spending cuts.
"If we are going to protect spending on pensions - as we should - equity between the generations requires that these cuts cannot only fall on adults of working age," he will say.
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