The devil will be in the detail regarding the fuel allowance. Whether it will be a banded incremental deduction or an 'all or none' above/below a certain income who knows?
I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if the means testing process is a balls-up, means-testing isn't easy, unlike the doling out of flat rate universal benefits. But in my view universal Poll Benefits are as unfair as universal Poll Taxes: the former gives to those who don't need it and the latter takes from those who can't afford it
As I understand it the proposed 'death tax' as some have chosen to call it will ensure that 100K of a property's value will be protected. Anyway, isn't the liquidation of parents' estate in the form of inheritance a nice bonus rather than a right?
The words 'pledge' and 'promise' are chucked around like confetti in election manifestos. I've long realised they're no more than wish-lists and ideas