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Starmer U-turns on winter fuel cuts

21 May 2025

10:22 PM

21 May 2025

10:22 PM

To Prime Minister’s Questions, where Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the Labour lot will in fact reverse parts of the controversial winter fuel payment – just weeks after the reds suffered defeat across the country over the policy in the May elections. Addressing the Chamber, Starmer remarked that ‘we want to ensure that as we go forward, more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payment’ – confirming that the thresholds for the benefit will be looked at in the Budget.

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