Mr Cameron promised at the 2010 election not to introduce
means testing for benefits such as bus passes, TV licences and the winter fuel
allowance.
He repeatedly pledges for the next
Parliament, "no question". In a speech.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have said they would remove
some benefits from better-off pensioners.
"In 2010, I looked down the barrel of the camera and
made a clear commitment to the British people that I would keep these
things," Mr Cameron said.
"And that wasn't a commitment for five years - it was a
commitment for as long as I am prime minister."
Mr Cameron said the payments were not an "unnecessary
luxury", and dismissed criticism that pensioners were being unfairly
favoured.
He added: "If you've worked hard during your life,
saved, paid your taxes, done the right thing, you deserve dignity when you
retire.
"These people have fought wars, seen us through
recessions - made this the great country what it is today.
"They brought us into the world and cared for us, and
now it's our turn - our fundamental duty - to care for them." Reverse is the case for Mr Cameron after months and years in parliament.
For Labour, shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves
said: "David Cameron's government has let millions of pensioners down,
failing to act on rising fuel costs and rip off pension fees and charges."
She added: "As part of our plan to get the deficit down
in a fairer way, we will stop paying the winter fuel allowance to the richest
five per cent of pensioners and reverse David Cameron's tax cut for
millionaires. Accusations that we will end pensioner benefits are simply
untrue.
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