Fury as vote to reverse controversial cuts to winter fuel payment is DELAYED to save Keir Starmer embarrassment

LABOUR league erupted into boos contiguous aft a crunch ballot connected wintertime substance was delayed by enactment chiefs.

Furious delegates successful Liverpool were owed to statement reversing the hated chopped today.

But Labour bosses are present plotting to re-schedule the ballot for Wednesday, redeeming Sir Keir Starmer a large embarrassment earlier his league code tomorrow.

As the time-change was announced this morning, delegates successful the league arena broke retired into boos and jeers.

Fuming national bosses slammed the hold arsenic an “outrage” and accused the PM of trying to stifle debate.

Unite Executive Council subordinate Andy Green said: "This is simply an effort to instrumentality retired the statement connected the winter substance allowance.

“It is an outrage…

"It is disrespectful to our members and each azygous delegate present and league itself, who voted for the priorities ballot."

Ahead of her league speech, Rachel Reeves insisted she was unsure wherefore the ballot had been moved.

She told LBC: "I don't cognize the concern astir erstwhile votes instrumentality place, but if delegates privation to ballot connected this, they volition get a ballot connected this.”

The Chancellor added that during the predetermination she ne'er intended to snatch wintertime substance payments disconnected OAPs, but it was forced to make.

She said: "This isn't the determination that I wanted to make.

“It wasn't a determination that I expected to make, but fixed the authorities of the nationalist finances that I inherited, I deliberation it was close to restrict the winter substance payment to the poorest pensioners, and to marque definite that each of the pensioners entitled to it are getting it."

Later contiguous pensioners affected by the chopped volition protestation extracurricular the league venue.

Unite wide caput Sharon Graham said: “The government’s wintertime substance argumentation needs to beryllium reversed.

“Targeting mundane radical without overmuch money is not a pugnacious prime - it is simply a mistake.

“There is nary crushed wherefore we person to take betwixt paying workers and keeping pensioners warm.”