MPs vote to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners

Labour now has to own this cut for pensioners as one of its first acts in government.

In the last few hours, MPs voted in favour of means testing winter fuel payments – withdrawing hundreds of pounds of help with fuel bills from pensioners.

Only those already on benefits will continue to receive the support, with nearly a million pensioners in Scotland missing out.

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