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16 hours ago · Cabinet not split over winter fuel payments, Downing Street insists. Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet has agreed to his plan to cut winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners ahead of a crunch vote in the House of Commons. Keir Starmer's cabinet (pictured at their first cabinet meeting) backs the plans, the prime minister's spokesperson said.
16 hours ago · The vote came after a high-tempered, and at some points furious, 90-minute debate, with opposition parties uniting to blast the Labour government’s policy. ... (Rachel Reeves) and the Prime ...
16 hours ago · Rachel Reeves. MPs are voting today on the future of the winter fuel allowance, as Labour battles to contain a rebellion on the backbenches. Speculation has mounted this week that dozens of MPs could abstain or rebel, but Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged colleagues to toe the line last night, telling a Parliamentary Labour Party meeting: “We ...
48 minutes ago · LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced a battle of nerves with his Labour Party on Tuesday, winning a parliamentary vote on a contentious decision to cut a payment that helps millions of pensioners pay winter heating bills — but not ending unease about it among his lawmakers. Starmer says the decision to remove the winter ...
16 hours ago · Age Scotland urges Scottish Labour MPs to vote against end of Winter Fuel Payment. The full state pension is to rise by £460 from next April, according to official wage figures released on Tuesday. But critics, including trade unions and those from within party ranks, have questioned why Labour is not targeting the wealthy instead of pensioners.
5 hours ago · British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will warn on Tuesday that he is prepared to take unpopular decisions on government spending ahead of a vote over controversial plans to cut payments which help ...
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16 hours ago · Tue 10 Sept 11.50am • The Prime Minister has defended his government's decisions, in an address to the TUC conference, hours before a Commons vote over cutting winter fuel payments.
