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Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Cutting winter fuel allowance to pensioners is a bizarre decision IMO I have no idea who signed off on that - I don't believe for a second the Tories just care so much about the elderly and that's why the Tories didn't do it... they didn't do it because it saves eff all money whilst being absolutely abysmal PR. I cannot fathom why they've done it. If it was saving billions, sure. But pinching pennies from the elderly, from something like staying warm in winter...? The optics of it are shocking. That's why the Tories didn't do it. The political cost MASSIVELY outweighs any saving on the budget.

The tories get a lot of votes from OAP's Maybe labour have decided to kill them off, thus improving their election hopes and reducing the pension bill

I would have said that was a ludicrous suggestion a few years ago, but now, i'm really not so sure