Scottish Labour is under huge pressure over the decision by the UK Government to means tested the payment for older people.
Anas Sarwar has faced a rebellion among his own MSPs over the Labour Government’s cuts to Winter Fuel Payments. Two of his colleagues - Alex Rowley and Richard Leonard - voted with the SNP to demand Chancellor Rachel Reeves think again.
Five others - Monica Lennon, Carol Mochan, Pauline McNeill, Rhoda Grant and Katy Clark - did not vote. Reeves caused anger after she announced a universal WFP would be replaced with a means-tested system. Millions of older people across the UK will lose up to £300 and up to 900,000 Scots will be hit. After a debate at Holyrood, MSPs backed an SNP government motion to reverse the introduction of means-testing.Scottish Labour sources say Sarwar and his deputy Jackie Baillie are unhappy with the Reeves policy. But they do not believe it will be reversed and have instead put the focus on the SNP.
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