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'People assumed that a full impact assessment would have been done for the safety and health of pensioners and it hasn't been. That feels like a terrible mistake'confirmed that no official assessment was made on the impact of the policy, including about how many elderly people could die this winter because they are struggling to heat their homes.
He insisted that the “triple lock”, which ensures that the state pension must go up by at least the rate of inflation ever year, meant old people will still be better off overall. But Kyle replied: “Well the evidence is that pensioners overall, even those that are going to lose the winter fuel credit, are going to get an increase in their income next year.”“Labour’s fabricated narrative on their economic inheritance is in tatters and now Keir Starmer has admitted Labour have no idea how many pensioners will freeze this winter because the Labour government haven’t bothered to do an impact assessment.
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