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Nine million pensioners set to lose winter fuel payment

BBC Local News Wednesday, 11 September 2024 ()
Nine million pensioners set to lose winter fuel paymentBBC Local News: Coventry and Warwickshire -- The government won a vote to restrict the payments to all but the poorest pensioners.
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News video: Tories: Government lost the argument over winter fuel

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 Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott says the government may have won the vote to remove Winter Fuel Allowance for some pensioners but “comprehensively” lost the argument. The plan to means test the payment cleared the Commons on Tuesday with just one Labour rebel voting against it...

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