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She added: “If we hadn’t taken this action, we would have seen a run on the pound, the economy crashing, and the people who pay the heaviest price for that are the poorest and people on fixed incomes.”
So BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent asked: “Do you think, if you hadn’t taken that decision to cut winter fuel allowances, there would have been a run on the pound?” Nugent pushed: “You sound to me like you are not entirely agreeing with your cabinet colleague Lucy Powell.”
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