Cameron ally calls for means tested pensioner benefits

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A conservative MP and close ally of the prime minister will today call for pensioner benefits to be means tested.

Nick Boles, speaking later today at a Resolution Foundation event, will call for wealthier pensioners to lose benefits such as winter fuel allowances and free bus passes, the BBC reports. The MP...

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