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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Tory Kemi Badenoch blasts cost of living payments and vows to restrict cash to pensioners

Brits should not get any more cost-of-living payments and millions of richer pensioners should lose their winter fuel cash, a Tory leadership candidate declared today.

Kemi Badenoch attacked “dead weight” funds to help people with soaring energy bills - and promised “limits on government spending” to fund tax cuts instead.

The 42-year-old former Equalities Minister, who became an MP in 2017, was set to hit 20 supporters needed to get on the ballot by 6pm - after a packed launch event where she was applauded by star backer Michael Gove.

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