‘They would love to shrink your payments… but we never will’ (Image: Getty)
The mask has slipped: Kemi Badenoch wants to cut your . Not only that, she says she is excited about it and suggests using “big tech” to figure out how much to cut it by.
You may think this is simply another Tory gaffe. But we’ve been here before. The policy was in their 2017 manifesto.
And Kemi Badenoch’s pick as her Tory Shadow Chancellor has long backed the idea. Just last month, Mel Stride blasted the as “unsustainable”.
When the say they will “look at means-testing”, it’s not another Badenoch blunder; it’s a real Tory threat to cut your – for existing and future pensioners.
And Labour will resist it. In government, we have already taken the difficult decisions needed to stabilise the economy and put the public finances on a sound footing. Unlike the , the Labour Government has an unwavering commitment to maintaining the and the .
That means we can guarantee the full new will rise by £470 this April and a total increase to the yearly of up to £1,900 over the course of this parliament.
We will deliver investment and reform to grow the economy, cut NHS waiting lists and put more money into your pockets.
We mustn’t allow the to put that at risk.