As IDS fall-out continues - is it time to stop protecting pensioners from cutbacks?

Mar 21, 2016, 01:15 PM

Now on the Nolan Show, the big pensioner benefits debate. When cuts are biting elsewhere, should pensions keep going up? And should other pensioner benefits like bus passes, winter fuel allowance and free TV licences still be protected? Iain Duncan Smith's resignation from the Cabinet has thrown David Cameron's government into turmoil. But it's also reignited this big debate about benefits paid to better off pensioners. Stephen spoke to Anne Watson - from the Northern Ireland Pensioners' parliament and blogger Ian Parsley used to work for Iain Duncan Smith's think tank the Centre for Social Justice