Daivd Lammy has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel payment for pensioners, saying "we inherited a £22BN blackhole that affects pensioners and affects families across our country." The foreign secretary said it's "hugely important" that the poorest pensioners are able to get pensioner credit. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We inherited a 22 billion black hole that affects pensioners and affects families across our country.
00:10It's hugely important that the poorest pensioners are able to get pensioner credit and that's why
00:17we've absolutely determined to drive those numbers up. And I do think it's important that we stand
00:24by the triple lock and that we will see the state pension rising over this next
00:32period particularly to support our most vulnerable pensioners.