Government defends winter fuel payment cuts

Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy.

The policing minister said that the Government was working to ensure all pensioners who were entitled to pension credit claimed the benefit.

Report by Covellm.

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