Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth ÂŁ22 billion" in the economy.
The policing minister said that the Government was working to ensure all pensioners who were entitled to pension credit claimed the benefit.
Report by Covellm.
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