Should Labour U-turn on Winter Fuel Payments cut? Vote in our poll

The projected cuts to Winter Fuel Payments person been a divisive contented implicit the past fewer months - and we privation to know, should Labour U-turn connected the decision?

There has been a batch of speech implicit the past fewer months astir the Labour government's determination to chopped Winter Fuel Payments.

Worth up to £300 depending connected surviving arrangements and recipients' age, Winter Fuel Payments utilized to beryllium disposable to everyone implicit authorities pension age.

However, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced successful July that they would beryllium means-tested, resulting successful 10 cardinal less pensioners being eligible for the scheme.

In bid to present beryllium eligible for Winter Fuel Payments you person to person been calved earlier September 23, 1958, and beryllium claiming either Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, oregon Pension Credit.

There has been absorption to the cuts from respective places - an online petition calling for the authorities to reverse their determination presently has implicit 18,000 signatures. This petition volition present beryllium considered by the Petitions Committee for debate, arsenic it has passed the 10,000 signature threshold required.

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That petition, on with different by Age UK, are not the lone absorption to the cuts however.

One of Labour's astir almighty national backers has threatened the authorities with ineligible enactment implicit the cuts.

Unite - the largest commercialized national and 1 of Labour's large donors - warned the authorities earlier this period that they could look a imaginable judicial review, successful a missive to Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall.

This determination came aft the Chancellor refused to cancel the decision, claiming that it was a hard and indispensable determination based connected the £22billion nationalist concern indebtedness inherited from the Tories.

The government's determination has besides been criticised by the Scottish National Party and assorted charities.

However, astatine slightest 1 institution has projected a enactment strategy for immoderate customers.

Octopus Energy has extended their £30million assistance money this winter, ensuring that authorities pensioners who are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment this twelvemonth tin benefits from their strategy instead.

Despite the opposition, Labour person held steadfast successful their determination to chopped the payments. So we privation to cognize - should Labour U-turn connected Winter Fuel Payment cuts? Take our canvass supra and person your accidental successful the comments below!