Edward Argar

Edward Argar

Conservative — Melton and Syston

Speaking in the House of Commons on 19 March 2025

Debate

Winter Fuel Payment

Contribution

I will make a little bit of progress, and then I will give way to my right hon. Friend. UK pensioners are not fools, so I am sorry that Labour Members want almost to insult their intelligence by repeating the debunked claim about the so-called black hole, or the debunked claim that the triple lock was in some way under threat and has been saved by the current Government. Let me also gently remind them that pensioners are unlikely to forget. They feel let down by Labour; they feel that the trust that they placed in Labour Members when they voted for them has been betrayed, and within a month of Labour’s taking office. So I ask again, why did this Government make the political choice to introduce these cruel, unnecessary cuts? I now give way to my right hon. Friend.

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