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Claudia Savage

PM says Badenoch wants to ‘shrink pensions’ as he commits to no means-testing

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during an interview following a business meeting with top executives from some of Britain’s major businesses in central London (Benjamin Cremel/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has committed that the Government will not means-test the state pension, as he claimed Kemi Badenoch’s only policy is to “shrink pensions”.

During exchanges focused on the growth strategies announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday, the Conservative leader also accused the Prime Minister of having “misled” MPs in relation to his comments on the Children’s Wellbeing Bill.

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