Guardian
•72% Informative
Lucy Powell said the government was forced into emergency spending cuts because of the risk of a run on the pound.
Rachel Reeves was under zero pressure from the City to cut investment spending or means-test the 200 or 300 tax-free sum paid to elderly people each winter .
The Treasury was clearly not expecting the furore and has now let it be known that there will be an above inflation increase in the state pension next April .
Politically, ministers may think that going ahead with the cut will not be that damaging to Labour because, as a group, the over-70s will still vote Tory . That’s probably true, but not the point. Many Labour supporters oppose this decision because they believe it to be mean and stupid. They are right on both counts. - Larry Elliott is the Guardian ’s economics editor.
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