The presenter of Countdown fame tells Sky News' Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge voters didn't back Labour to get this type of policy.
Presenter and author Carol Vorderman has called on the prime minister to apologise over cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners. The controversial policy was approved by parliament today, despite a number of Labour MPs abstaining from the vote, with ministers saying 'tough decisions' were needed to fix the public finances. But it was widely criticised by opposition MPs and campaigners, who warned the move would leave millions of pensioners worrying over how to make ends meet.
'And millions of people loaned their vote to Labour in the belief that finally this gross inequality that has grown over the last 14 years would be diminished somewhat. 'And then this is the first thing.' Vorderman said she understood why ministers would want to take the payment - worth up to £300 - from wealthy pensioners who got the money regardless of their income. 'I'll be one of those in two years time', she added.
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