Labour's conference has called on Keir Starmer to reverse a controversial cut to winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.
Labour's conference has called on Keir Starmer to reverse a controversial cut to winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. In an embarrassing result for the PM, members voted through a motion demanding he abandons the decision to axe the £300 payment for all but the poorest OAPs.While non-binding it will add to pressure on the new government who are already facing calls to U-turn.
"It came as Unite members - including general secretary Ms Graham - staged a protest outside the conference hall on Wednesday, shouting "save the winter fuel".Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the Government has "done more to help the poorest pensioners in the last two months than the Tories did in 14 years" as she defended cutting the winter fuel allowance to pensioners.
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