Pat McFadden has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel payment. "Line one of the manifesto was we are going to run a stable economy. It's not just winter fuel - we had to cancel some transport projects as well because we found they had been announced with no money attached to them," he said.
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00:00We always listen to our members, but the message for our members is the same as for the public.
00:06Some of these decisions we wish we hadn't taken.
00:10Line one of the manifesto was we're going to run a stable economy, we're going to run stable finances.
00:17And it's not just about winter fuel, we had to cancel some transport projects as well
00:21because we found that they'd been announced with no money attached to them.
00:25You can't just run away from a situation like that, you have to sort it out.
00:30And people should also remember we are going to protect the triple lock,
00:34which protects the real value of the state pension,
00:37and that will mean it increases in real terms over and above inflation over the next few years.