Yes, I guess it's a kind of 'I know best, don't challenge me'. There's an element of it's the correct thing to do in taking it away from the richer pensioners.
But, imo using Pension Credit as the determinor is the only way that they can means test it. That's when they should have said STOP...
Ahhh!
Not a U-turn then.
Ms Reeves reiterated that she would not raise VAT, national insurance or income tax, as promised in Labour's manifesto, but she did not rule out increasing inheritance tax, capital gains tax, or reforming tax relief on pensions.
Barrister Richard Hermer KC has been appointed attorney general.
He will also receive a life peerage to allow him to sit in the House of Lords and attend cabinet.