Research
by local MP Stephen Metcalfe has shown that Labour’s plan to cut pensions would
hit 17,740 pensioners in South Basildon and East Thurrock, many of whom depend
on their Basic State Pension to pay their bills and put food on the table.
Labour
have chosen to cap pensions rather than benefits, meaning the Basic State
Pension would be £234 less a year by 2017/18.
Stephen
Metcalfe MP said: “Now we know that when Labour say they would cut welfare,
what they really mean is they would choose to cut the Basic State Pension over
capping benefits.”
“This
would take £234 a year away from thousands of pensioners in South Basildon and
East Thurrock, people who have worked hard all their lives. That’s over £4m
removed from local pensioners. This is completely unacceptable and it just
demonstrates that Labour are not on the side of hard working people.”
