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The TelegraphStarmer refuses to rule out scrapping pensioners’ bus passes
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out scrapping free bus passes and council tax discounts for pensioners in the Budget next month.
- The Telegraph
Reeves under pressure to increase pensioner Christmas bonus to £200
Rachel Reeves has been urged to raise the £10 state pension Christmas bonus to £200 after stripping millions of retirees of winter fuel payments.
- PA Media: UK News
Starmer faces claims of ‘hiding’ impact on pensioners of winter fuel payment cut
Tory leader Rishi Sunak raised the benefit changes at Prime Minister’s Questions.
- HuffPost UK
'They Haven't Learned A Thing': Wes Streeting Skewers The Tories Over Labour Cronyism Claims
The health secretary didn't hold back in the House of Commons.
- The Independent
Winter fuel payment latest: MPs vote to cut pensioner allowance as Mel Stride eliminated from Tory leader race
No 10 has made it clear it will not back down from the ‘tough decision’ despite strong opposition
- The Telegraph
Landlords only allowed to raise rents once a year under Labour reforms
Landlords will only be allowed to raise rents once a year, and to the market rate, under Labour’s rent reforms outlined on Wednesday.
- The Telegraph
The timeline that reveals Labour’s winter fuel raid hypocrisy
Labour fought against a winter fuel raid for decades before withdrawing the payments from 10 million pensioners last month.
- The Guardian
China to train thousands of overseas law enforcement officers to create ‘more fair’ world order
Minister for public security made comments at forum that is part of efforts by ruling Communist party to position itself as a global security leader
- CNN
Speaker Johnson pulls Wednesday vote on government funding plan amid GOP divisions
Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday that he is pulling a conservative short-term government funding bill from the House floor amid significant defections on his right flank.
- CNN
Pressure builds on Biden from within his own party to ease Ukraine strike restrictions
Pressure is building on President Joe Biden, including from within his own party, to loosen the restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-provided weapons to strike deep inside Russia.
- The Telegraph
Environment Secretary ‘doesn’t understand countryside because he represents Croydon’
The Environment Secretary “cannot pretend to understand” the countryside because he represents Croydon and his planned funding cuts will harm nature, the Tories have claimed.
- Wales Online
DWP winter fuel payment cut for millions after key update
It means all but the UK's poorest pensioners will lose out on the payment up to £300
- Swindon Advertiser
MPs defend voting to cut pensioner's winter fuel payments
Swindon's two Labour MPs have defended voting with the government to cut the winter fuel allowance payments from all but the poorest pensioners in the country.
- HuffPost UK
'Do You Sleep Well?': Kay Burley Leaves Minister Squirming Over Winter Fuel Vote
Matthew Pennycook said it was "not a reasonable question".
- The Guardian
UK government has ‘no choice’ but to cut winter fuel payment, says minister
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds urges Labour MPs to back proposal in Tuesday’s Commons vote
- The Telegraph
More pensioners should be able to keep winter fuel allowance, says Burnham
More pensioners should be able to keep their winter fuel allowance, Andy Burnham has said.
- The Telegraph
Badenoch and Jenrick surge as Stride knocked out of Tory leadership race
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch surged in the second round of the Tory leadership contest as Mel Stride was eliminated from the race to succeed Rishi Sunak.
- The Telegraph
Starmer ‘covering up’ estimate of pensioner deaths after winter fuel payments cut
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of covering up an official estimate that could reveal how many pensioners might die after winter fuel payments were cut.
- Sutton and Croydon Guardian
Fire crews still working to put out hotspots at Wimbledon waste site three days on
Firefighters are still working to put out a fire at a waste collection site on Weir Road in Wimbledon that started on Saturday night. Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters are at the scene, where a large pile of household waste caught fire in a single-storey building.
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Reeves defends claiming energy expenses and insists winter fuel cuts right move
The Government is facing further questions about the decision to limit how many pensioners can claim winter fuel payments.