Labour MPs are concerned over the decision to cut the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners
It comes ahead of a rebellion over the policy
“It would be difficult to refute the view of many voters that it is the continuation of Conservative policy – the taking of money from millions but giving some back to a smaller pool. It is a process we have become used to to offset political anger,” he writes. “The proposal, to withdraw the Winter Fuel Payment, puts their health on the line. Millions of them. Those in receipt of Pension Credit will fall from 10.8 million to just 1.5 million. And all to save a relatively small £1.4 billion a year.”
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