Call comes after government forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose entitlement despite dependence on warmer homesGroups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers after...
Read MoreRishi Sunak asks PM over previous Labour analysis linking the policy to 4,000 extra deaths a yearA new Labour pressure group aiming to “take on the Nimbys” is being launched today, PA Media says. PA reports.The...
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Read MoreKeir Starmer says cutting the universal winter fuel allowance for pensioners is a ‘tough decision’ Labour has to take. But many of his MPs were not happy, as Peter Walker reportsKeir Starmer has been talking a lot...
Read MoreOpponents plan to push ministers to look at extra help for most vulnerable after motion opposing cut is defeatedKeir Starmer is facing growing pressure to unveil measures to help the poorest pensioners in next month’s...
Read MoreConservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the Tories. This live blog is closedFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir...
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Read MoreConservative motion to strike down plan is defeated after sometimes bad-tempered Commons debateUK politics live – latest updatesMPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, a plan...
Read MorePrime minister speaks at the Trade Union Congress in Brighton before MPs vote on winter fuel payment plansKeir Starmer is about to give his speech to the TUC conference.According to an extract released in advance, he will...
Read MoreJonathan Reynolds says ‘the nature of what we’ve inherited required immediate decisions’, as MPs set to vote on means-testing paymentsGood morning. Today will be a difficult day for the Labour party, which is...
Read MoreChancellor tells meeting of Parliamentary Labour Party there will be more difficult decisions to come Like the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...
Read MoreJoseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension credit will increase poverty levelsLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory...
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