.....-class pensioners who don't need them

The Government has been under pressure from senior politicians, including Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith, to cut back on benefits such as the winter fuel allowance, free TV licences and bus passes for middle-class pensioners. Currently £100billion is spent providing benefits for the elderly, and Iain Duncan-Smith has controversially called for £5billion to be shaved off that total. David Cameron has so far stood firm on the winter fuel allowance, since the Coalition agreement promised to keep benefits for pensioners in this parliament. But while there is powerful lobby to keep payments for all, some are asking why shouldn't the Government make cuts to wealthier pensioners' benefits? ......Read more here: Call to cut winter fuel and other benefits for middle-class pensioners