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Ministers facing pressure from unions over winter fuel payment cut
The government is facing renewed pressure from unions to change course over its decision to strip the winter fuel allowance from the bulk of pensioners, as a minister said...
Benefits
There’s no need to cut poorer pensioners’ income. Smarter winter fuel solutions are at hand | Steve Webb
The new government’s honeymoon period with the voters ended at 3.33pm on Monday 29 July. This was when...
Benefits
Labour ministers reveal grave concerns about winter fuel payment cut
Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe the winter fuel allowance for all but...
Betfair
Betfred staff complain of hardship after salary advance tech problem
Staff at the bookmaker Betfred have complained that they were left unable to pay bills – and in...
Benefits
The Guardian view on poverty in Britain: desperation in plain sight | Editorial
One of the greatest achievements of the Labour governments in office from 1997 to 2010 was to significantly...
Rachel Reeves under renewed fire from MPs and charities over cuts to winter fuel allowance
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is under fresh pressure this weekend over controversial plans to limit winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, amid claims...
Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’
British people will have to endure even worse economic and social pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions”...