Winter fuel payment cuts vote: Live updates as MPs vote down rebels
The government has seen off a potential major backbench rebellion sparked by a row over cuts to winter…
Winter Fuel Allowance
Winter fuel payment: Which Labour MPs could abstain or vote against cuts?
Keir Starmer could face his first major backbench rebellion since assuming office, with speculation dozens of his own…
LabourList poll suggests party supporters divided over winter fuel cuts
A poll from LabourList has shown respondents are deeply divided over whether Labour should scrap the winter fuel allowance…
Keir Starmer: ‘Government will have to be unpopular in order to take tough decisions for change’
Keir Starmer has said he is prepared for his government to be unpopular in order to make the…
Winter fuel allowance: Labour rebels back motion calling for cut to be postponed
Ten Labour MPs are backing a motion calling on the government to postpone the ending of winter fuel…
Winter fuel allowance: New MP urges Labour to delay scrapping universal payments
One of Labour’s new intake of MPs has publicly urged the government to push back its plans to…
Winter fuel allowance: ‘Why I’m urging the government to think again on cuts’
We don’t chose our inheritance, but we are responsible for shaping our future. After years of neglect, Labour…
Winter fuel payment: Ellie Reeves denies cabinet splits over cutting allowance
Ellie Reeves has denied splits in the cabinet over the Labour government’s decision to means test the winter…
Labour MP does not rule out voting against government over cuts to winter fuel payments
Labour MP Rachael Maskell has not ruled out voting against the government’s plans to scrap winter fuel payments…
Corbyn: Prime minister is attacking pensioners while protecting billionaires
Jeremy Corbyn has continued his pitch for the pensioner vote by accusing Theresa May of promising an “attack…
