Pat McFadden defends decision to cut winter fuel payment
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Pat McFadden defends decision to cut winter fuel payment
Pat McFadden has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel payment.
"Line one of the manifesto was we are going to run a stable economy.
It's not just winter fuel - we had to cancel some transport projects as well because we found they had been announced with no money attached to them," he said.
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Britain will get worse before it gets better, the Prime Minister is set to warn in his first major speech since taking office. Labour's National Campaign Coordinator, Pat McFadden said: We've already begun on change, but we've got to work through some of these difficult issues first". Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Defence ministers from the UK, US and Australia, have said they will work closely together to boost global security, following the conclusion of a landmark Aukus meeting in London. Defence secretary John Healey hosted US counterpart Lloyd Austin and Australian deputy prime minister Richard Marles at a meeting of Aukus in London. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Prime Minister met US business leaders at a roundtable event while in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Keir Starmer thanked the executives for the "trust and confidence" they put into the UK as he stressed the importance of trade between the two nations. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Met Office has upgraded its yellow weather warning to an amber 'be prepared' rainfall warning as showers are forecast to be heavier that expected.
Areas affected by the amber warning include Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, parts of south-west England and the West Midlands, which could see 30-40 mm of rainfall within three hours.
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Premier League executives met for the first shareholder meeting of the season in London. Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish and Arsenal chief executive Tim Lewis were seen walking into a hotel in central London on Thursday ahead of the meeting. It comes ahead of the outcome of Manchester City's landmark legal challenge against the Premier League's sponsorship rules.
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Defence Ministers from Australia, the USA and the UK have met in London for a landmark meeting. Defence secretary John Healey hosted US secretary of Defence Lloyd James Austin III and Australian deputy prime minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles to discuss the importance of the AUKUS partnership.
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Delegates at the Labour conference have voted for a motion to reverse the winter fuel payment cuts. The vote is non-binding but showed an overwhelming majority voted in favour of reversing the decision..
The health secretary has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel payment for pensioners amid increasing backlash. Wes Streeting insisted pensioners will still be better off under a..
leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat has condemned the government's refusal to reverse the winter fuel payment cut for pensioners after facing a growing backlash. Sir Keir Starmer warned of a "hard path..
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