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Winter fuel payments cut ‘one of the worst decisions I have ever seen’ says ex pensions minister



Crossbench peer will table ‘fatal’ Lords motion, as Starmer faces damaging rebellion in Commons vote• Steve Webb: There’s no need to cut poorer pensioners’ income. Smarter winter fuel solutions are at handThe respected former pensions minister Ros Altmann has tabled a “fatal” parliamentary motion to kill off the government’s controversial plan to limit winter fuel payments, describing it as “one of the worst decisions I have ever seen”.The move by Baroness Altmann, a crossbench peer and leading expert on issues affecting elderly people, comes amid growing pressure on the prime minister, Keir Starmer, from across the ­political spectrum, to drop or modify the plan ahead of a series of key votes this week. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/07/winter-fuel-payments-cut-one-of-the-worst-decisions-i-have-ever-seen-says-ex-pensions-minister

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Publish date : 2024-09-07 17:33:23

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