Labour wins vote to cut Winter Fuel Payments from rural and farming pensioners

Farming MPs had held a protest outside Parliament over cuts to Winter Fuel Payment

Chris Brayford
clock • 7 min read


"Cutting the WFP for pensioners is an unnecessarily cruel move by the Labour Government."
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"Cutting the WFP for pensioners is an unnecessarily cruel move by the Labour Government."

The Labour Government has won a motion to cut Winter Fuel Payments (WFPs) from pensioners this winter. An opposition motion to vote against WFP cuts had failed in the House of Commons this afternoon...

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