MPs to vote on cutting winter fuel payment for pensioners
- MPs will vote on a plan to remove the winter fuel payment from most pensioners, affecting around 10 million people, as stated by the government.
- Labour defends this decision, citing a £22bn "black hole" in public finances.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced means-testing, making only those on Pension Credit eligible for the payment, potentially leaving 9.3 million pensioners without support.
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Pensioners’ revolt: Inside the fightback against Starmer's plan to axe Winter Fuel Payments - 'I 100% regret my decision'
Britain’s pensioners in a newly elected Labour seat are fighting back against Sir Keir Starmer’s Winter Fuel Payments (WFP) axe, with some saying they "regret their decision" to vote for the party.The Prime Minister’s party has been slammed for running “a war on pensioners” after it was announced back in July by Chancellor Rachel Reeves that the scheme would be scrapped. The WFP offered pensioners up to £300 in energy bill support annually to ev…
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