MPs have voted to cut the winter fuel payment for all but the country's poorest pensioners.
MPs have voted to cut the winter fuel payment for all but the country's poorest pensioners. A Tory move to block the measure was defeated by 348 to 228 votes - a majority of 120. Labour has a working majority in the Commons of 167. The division list showed Labour MP Jon Trickett supported the Conservation motion while no vote was recorded for 53 other Labour MPs. This does not automatically equate to an abstention for each MP as they may have received permission to miss a vote.
However, some MPs from Labour's own side, as well as charities and opposition MPs, have been calling for a U-turn, saying the policy will leave less well-off pensioners with 'a heart-breaking choice between heating and eating this winter'. Mel Stride, the shadow work and pensions secretary, opened a Commons debate on the matter by saying nine out of 10 pensioners will lose the benefit 'at the most difficult time of year... when the energy price cap is going up by 10%'.
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