US EditionUnited Kingdom: Government Abandons Removal of Winter Heating Aid for Pensioners
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British retirees won: Keir Starmer's government is moving backwards by refusing to remove winter heating aid for pensioners, under pressure from opinion, but also from its own side.
Failing UK Labour Government Finally Reinstates Home Heating Subsidies for 9 Million Pensioners — Cruel Cost-Saving Measure Helped Turn PM Starmer Into Unpopular Leader
Yesterday (9), after months of deliberations, the British Labour government finally reversed its highly unpopular plan to cut winter home heating subsidies for millions of pensioners.
In order to relieve the state budget, the government wanted to save Keir Starmer funding for heating oil. Around ten million pensioners would have been affected by it. A large part of them should now receive further aid.
The elimination of heating subsidies was one of the factors that contributed to the fall of the Labour Party in the polls and to the very good outcome of the Right People's Party of the UK Reform, by Nigel Farage, in...
Keir Starmer's Labour government had initially abolished this aid to rebalance public finances. The turnaround will cost about £1.25 billion in 2025.
The British government is partially reversing the abolition of the annual energy bonus for pensioners, Finance Minister Rachel Reeves announced on Monday. The earlier government decision had been met with much protest.
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