Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are facing-off at PMQs. Thousands of jobs are set to be lost at Britain's biggest steelworks. Today will also see the introduction of the much-delayed legislation to help renters.
Downing Street declined to comment on whether the government would publish any assessment of the impact of restricting winter fuel payments.This was a topic pressed repeatedly by Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak during Prime Minister's Questions earlier this afternoon.A Number 10 spokeswoman said: 'Ministers will receive advice on the development of all policies but we don't routinely provide a running commentary on the advice that they receive.
'She added: 'We have spoken to the necessity of setting out the plans promptly, given the need to lay the regulations to come into effect in September.'The chancellor was very clear upon receiving the results of the audit in setting out the steps that she needed to take to address the £22bn black hole in the public finances and that also enabled us to set out the plans and ensure that we could encourage people to apply for pension credit.'That work is ongoing.
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