Reform UK has broken their silence and vowed to “defend pensioners” (Image: Getty)
has broken their silence and vowed to “defend pensioners” after revealed the are the pension in a mega policy switch up.
During a phone-in from a member of the public while on Iain Dale’s LBC show, the Tory leader said the party needs to “keep growing” with its approach to this area, despite supporting it while in power.
currently rise each year by whichever is highest out of the rate of inflation, average earnings or a minimum of 2.5%.
And now ’s party has called out the “the same old ” adding that only “Reform UK can be trusted to stand up for our pensioners”.
Reform UK say only they ‘can be trusted to stand up for our pensioners’ (Image: Getty)
A spokesperson for Reform UK told : “Labour have cut the winter fuel allowance and the want to cut the . Only Reform UK can be trusted to stand up for our pensioners.
“Reform UK will always ensure that pensioners can live with dignity and proper support, unlike the .”
Ms Badenoch’s comments follow the Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride claiming that the is “unsustainable”.
The Tory leader added: “Means testing is something which we don’t do properly here. I always said, for example, that millionaires should not be getting the .
“We don’t have a system that knows who should get what. That’s the sort of thing we need to be looking at.”
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Mr Farage’s party have also previously turned up the heat and blasted Labour war on pensioners.
In September, all five Reform MPs stood against Labour and voted against the cuts to the Winter Fuel Payments in Parliament with Farage slamming the being withdrawn from all pensioners as a “terrible mistake”.
The move, which has left many elderly Brits anxious about their heating bills, is alleged to save £1.5bn a year.
In November, the Prime Minister justified the need for the cut by telling a local radio station that “when you inherit a broken economy… very difficult decisions have to be made.”