PENSIONERS face cuts to their universal benefits whoever gains power at the next General Election, Nick Clegg has predicted, describing the forthcoming poll as the "first full-blown scarcity election".
The Deputy Prime Minister said he would be "gobsmacked" if any responsible party sought to retain entitlements like winter fuel payments and free television licences for millionaires.
He said: "Any political party who goes into the next General Election committing to not touch a single hair on the head of benefits for the most affluent pensioners in this country will be found out very quickly."
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