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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 3
Strange, in the Tory Manifesto 2010, page 42, it states
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We strongly value the role older people play in families and in society, and will not let them suffer because of the economic mistakes of others. That is why we have made a pledge to pensioners to re-link the basic state pension to earnings, and protect:
• the winter fuel payment;
• free bus passes;
• free TV licences;
• disability living allowance and attendance allowance; and,
• the pension credit.
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And the Labour Manifesto 2010, page 6:4, states
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We will continue to provide help to pensioners, with the Winter Fuel Payments (maintained this winter at £250 for those over state retirement age and £400 for those aged 80 or over);
concessionary public-transport fares;
free TV licences for the over-75s;
and free eye tests and prescriptions.
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There's nothing about free bus passes (only concessionary public-transport fares) in the Labour Manifesto - does that mean they intend to scrap them? 
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