PM claims Brexit would hit elderly

THE elderly could have pensions hit and lose their carers if Britain leaves the EU, David Cameron claims today.

The Prime Minister tells Saga magazine a Brexit vote ‘would put your pension at risk’ if the economy nosedives.

He also claims a vote to leave would threaten the future of the 100,000 EU workers in the health and care sector, saying it ‘could cause some to return home’.

In another interview he insisted that victory by even a single vote in the referendum would settle the issue for good.

Brexit campaigners said there was no evidence leaving the EU would hit pensions or reduce access to care. Matthew Elliott, of Vote Leave, said the value of pensions depended on the economy ‘which will become even stronger once we leave’. Mr Cameron’s former guru Steve Hilton also attacked the Remain campaign’s use of ‘increasingly hysterical and obviously phoney economic scare stories to frighten people half to death’.

The decision to refocus warnings towards older voters reflects concerns they are more likely to opt for Brexit. A Saga poll yesterday found 45 per cent of over-50s would vote for Brexit – a four-point lead over Remain. The study also found 90 per cent of older people plan to vote in the referendum.

Mr Cameron sought to quash the idea that he needs a decisive victory to stop the EU debate raging inside his party and the country. He said he had no doubt some MPs whose ‘core belief’ was to quit the EU would continue ‘to pursue it’.

But he said that, when it came to the referendum result, they would have to accept that a win is a win.

Over the next week the PM is to pour taxpayer-funded resources into finding young voters who could swing the contest in his favour. Speaking on the way to the G7 summit in Japan, he said: ‘This is absolutely a vote about their future.’

nOT content with warning that Brexit will heighten the risk of genocide and war, cripple the economy and bring house prices crashing down, David Cameron now says pensions, the nHS and social care will suffer if we vote to leave in the referendum.

Can he really not see how he diminishes himself and the dignity of his office by scaremongering?

abetted by Cabinet Secretary ‘Sir CoverUp’ Jeremy Heywood, he has mobilised the entire Whitehall machine – once a byword for political impartiality – to try to frighten leave voters out of their wits.

indeed, visitors to Government websites are greeted by warnings of the dangers of Brexit.

While mr Cameron adopts tactics like these it’s no wonder a poll found yesterday that only 18 per cent trust him on the eU.

if the Prime minister wants to recover his credibility, he should stop insulting the public’s intelligence – and start treating voters like adults.