Live feed Ministers have not explicitly said that the increase in the state pension will more than compensate for the withdrawal of the winter fuel payments – but they have sometimes implied this, in briefing last week ahead of the publication of today’s Q2 earnings figurds, and again today. (See 9.17am.) But Steve Webb, the […]
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Labour has ‘no choice’ about cutting winter fuel payments, business secretary says – UK politics live
Live feed Ministers have not explicitly said that the increase in the state pension will more than compensate for the withdrawal of the winter fuel payments – but they have sometimes implied this, in briefing last week ahead of the publication of today’s Q2 earnings figurds, and again today. (See 9.17am.) But Steve Webb, the […]
Labour has ‘no choice’ about cutting winter fuel payments, business secretary says – UK politics live
Live feed Ministers have not explicitly said that the increase in the state pension will more than compensate for the withdrawal of the winter fuel payments – but they have sometimes implied this, in briefing last week ahead of the publication of today’s Q2 earnings figurds, and again today. (See 9.17am.) But Steve Webb, the […]
Labour has ‘no choice’ about cutting winter fuel payments, business secretary says – UK politics live
Live feed Ministers have not explicitly said that the increase in the state pension will more than compensate for the withdrawal of the winter fuel payments – but they have sometimes implied this, in briefing last week ahead of the publication of today’s Q2 earnings figurds, and again today. (See 9.17am.) But Steve Webb, the […]
Labour has ‘no choice’ about cutting winter fuel payments, business secretary says – UK politics live
Live feed Ministers have not explicitly said that the increase in the state pension will more than compensate for the withdrawal of the winter fuel payments – but they have sometimes implied this, in briefing last week ahead of the publication of today’s Q2 earnings figurds, and again today. (See 9.17am.) But Steve Webb, the […]
Labour has ‘no choice’ about cutting winter fuel payments, business secretary says – UK politics live
The division list for the vote has just been published on the Commons’s website, and it shows that, although only one Labour MP, Jon Trickett, voted with the Tories to try to block the winter fuel payments cut, another 53 Labour MPs did not vote. Some of these 53 Labour MPs may have had permission […]
Chancellor faces down would-be rebels ahead of winter fuel payment vote
The chancellor has faced down would-be rebels in a private meeting of Labour MPs ahead of the crunch vote on the government’s controversial plan to scrap the winter fuel allowance. Rachel Reeves told a gathering of the parliamentary Labour party that the move was necessary, despite fears about the impact on millions of less-well-off pensioners, […]
Chancellor faces down would-be rebels ahead of winter fuel payment vote
The chancellor has faced down would-be rebels in a private meeting of Labour MPs ahead of the crunch vote on the government’s controversial plan to scrap the winter fuel allowance. Rachel Reeves told a gathering of the parliamentary Labour party that the move was necessary, despite fears about the impact on millions of less-well-off pensioners, […]
Chancellor faces down would-be rebels ahead of winter fuel payment vote
The chancellor has faced down would-be rebels in a private meeting of Labour MPs ahead of the crunch vote on the government’s controversial plan to scrap the winter fuel allowance. Rachel Reeves told a gathering of the parliamentary Labour party that the move was necessary, despite fears about the impact on millions of less-well-off pensioners, […]
Chancellor faces down would-be rebels ahead of winter fuel payment vote
The chancellor has faced down would-be rebels in a private meeting of Labour MPs ahead of the crunch vote on the government’s controversial plan to scrap the winter fuel allowance. Rachel Reeves told a gathering of the parliamentary Labour party that the move was necessary, despite fears about the impact on millions of less-well-off pensioners, […]