Universal benefits for pensioners will once again be protected if the Conservatives win May's general election, David Cameron will say later.
Mr Cameron promised at the 2010 election not to introduce means testing for benefits such as bus passes, TV licences and the winter fuel allowance.
In a speech, he will repeat that pledge for the next Parliament.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have said they would remove some benefits from better-off pensioners.
"In 2010, I looked down the barrel of the camera and made a clear commitment to the British people that I would keep these things," Mr Cameron will say.
"And that wasn't a commitment for five years - it was a commitment for as long as I was prime minister."
'Fundamental duty'He will add: "If you've worked hard during your life, saved, paid your taxes, done the right thing, you deserve dignity when you retire.
"These people have fought wars, seen us through recessions - made this the great country it is today.
"They brought us into the world and cared for us, and now it's our turn - our fundamental duty - to care for them."
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said: "The decision follows the announcement earlier this month by the chancellor that the amount of money set aside for pensioner bonds was to be extended, fuelling claims that the Conservatives are deliberately targeting older voters - because they are more likely to vote."
Universal benefits for older people include free prescriptions and eye tests.
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