Q6: Is £59 a week a reasonable pension?
Brown: No. We will be linking pensions to earnings from 2012. Free TV licenses, bus travel etc. are here... pension reforms are coming... including every worker having a works related pension.
Cameron: No. We should be giving you dignity and security in old age. We should up the pension fund... and we'll do it by asking men to retire a year later from 2016...
Clegg: Earnings link needs to be restored, immediately. So many other costs which the elderly have to confront, fuel for example.
Comment: Brown attacks others manifestos by saying that they are going to cut the free eye tests etc., Cameron condemns the accusations as lies & claims that Brown needs to withdraw his comments. Brown doing a lot of talking, but not working for him on this question. Clegg does well by seeing bigger picture of social care system, and that the leaders need to stop playing political ping-pong with this issue.
NB: Clegg undoubtedly the best TV personality of the three... how will that influence the outcome?!
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