13 September 2024 - UK government to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners
Winter fuel payments: Sir Keir Starmer says no impact assessment has been carried out
(Sky News, 13/09/2024)
There has been no impact assessment of how the decision to strip millions of pensioners of winter fuel payments will affect them, Keir Starmer has said.
BBC Breakfast Host Slams Minister For Failing To Assess The Impact Of Winter Fuel Payment Cut
Kate Nicholson (The Huffington Post, 12/09/2024)
BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt slammed the government for not producing an impact assessment on its cuts to the winter fuel allowance for pensioners.
Labour’s plan to restrict the allowance to those on pension credit was voted through in the Commons on Tuesday, despite intense cross-party criticism.
UK leader faces unease in his Labour Party after a winter fuel allowance is cut for millions
Jill Lawless (AP News, 11/09/2024)
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.
PMQs: Sunak wins by exploiting Labour’s winter fuel divisions
Noah Keate (Politico, 11/09/2024)
Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through.