The Treasury Minister denies pensioners in the Isle of Man are worse off than they were four years ago.
Eddie Teare was responding to a question from a member of the public on Manx Radio's Sunday Opinion programme yesterday.
His latest budget has seen cuts to some benefits for the over-65s, but Mr Teare says they haven't lost out:
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