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Starmer says no impact assessment carried out on winter fuel payment squeeze

Sky News Friday, 13 September 2024
Starmer says no impact assessment carried out on winter fuel payment squeezeThere has been no impact assessment of how the decision to strip millions of pensioners of winter fuel payments will affect them, Keir Starmer has said.
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