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bosses amid claims the party is trying to postpone a debate on the decision to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.But the party’s Conference Arrangements Committee , which sets the agenda, is expected to delay it until Wednesday, when many delegates will already have left.
Right now it is fair to say that the Labour leaders have tried to silence the voice of pensioners, workers and communities at party conference in this blatant manoeuvre to block debate on winter fuel…According to the PA news agency, Unite’s Andy Green said: “This is simply an attempt to take out the debate on the winter fuel allowance.“Today is economy day at conference and we have the chancellor speaking and a composite motion on the growth mission, which is scheduled for this morning.
“It is disrespectful to our members and every single delegate here and conference itself, who voted for the priorities ballot.” The chair of Labour’s conference arrangements committee, Lynne Morris, was heckled and booed by some delegates this morning when she tried to respond to the backlash.She said: “This is a really busy conference and we are trying to accommodate as much as we can, and I’m going to take this back straight to CAC and I’ll come back to you with an answer ASAP.”
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