Left-wing think-tank says, ‘Strip OAPs of benefits’

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BETTER-OFF pensioners should be stripped of taxpayer- funded benefits, a Left-wing think-tank will claim today.

The Fabian Society, which has close links to the Labour party, is set to provoke anger by claiming that many retired people are “doing well” out of the welfare system.

In a pamphlet today, it will also call for a swingeing new tax on large homes to encourage the elderly to down-size.

Andrew Harrop, general secretary of the society, called for a new “grand bargain in British politics” so that well-off pensioners contributed more and received less.

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