Scottish Labour losing support after Winter Fuel Payment cut, poll suggests

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Scottish Labour losing support after Winter Fuel Payment cut, poll suggests
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Polling guru John Curtice said the SNP would remain Holyrood's largest party with 47 seats.

Scottish Labour has fallen well behind the SNP after cutting the Winter Fuel Payment, a poll has suggested.

The Greens would win nine and the Lib Dems would take eight. This would leave the SNP struggling to form a government as there would be no nationalist majority in the chamber.

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