David Cameron's new disabilities minister voted against protecting benefits for disabled children and cancer patients, according to parliamentary records.
1.34pm GMT Lunchtime summary David Cameron has given a strong hint that the Conservatives will propose protecting benefits for wealthy pensioners in their 2015 election manifesto.
Indeed, the implied reductions in Social Security benefits for future retirees are so substantial, they raise questions about the viability of protecting benefits for current retirees, older workers, disabled workers, and survivors while diverting payroll taxes into individual accounts".
Mr. Sullivan said that Mr. Perry had been "courageous" about proposing solutions to the financial instability of the Social Security program for future generations, but said that he was committed to protecting benefits for current retirees.
We won a significant victory in protecting benefits for our family members in these negotiations, and we must firmly oppose efforts to throw American families under the bus disguised as deficit reduction.
Solid economic growth and a bulging trust fund will protect benefits for decades, they say.
Most Republicans, in a turnaround, are distancing themselves from the plan and pledging to protect benefits.
It does not protect benefits permanently or prevent future tax increases.
But, he said, they had to be pursued "in a way that protects benefits, protects patients and protects the American people".
By implicitly calling for reductions in future benefits to the elderly, Mr. Greenspan attacked a basic tenet of Democratic vows to protect benefits come what may.
