Wes Streeting addressed concerns regarding winter fuel payments, insisting that despite cuts, pensioners will benefit from an increase in state pension and other discounts.
During an intense discussion, Reid challenged Streeting on the implications of cutting winter fuel payments for vulnerable pensioners, questioning, 'Where is that analysis? How many people will die as a result of taking that money away from pensioners?'
Streeting acknowledged the difficult decisions made to secure public finances, stating, 'There are more painful choices to come... The medicine is not welcome. It doesn't always feel good or taste good.'
The Prime Minister received alarming warnings that the impact of means-tested winter fuel payments could potentially lead to the deaths of '3,850' pensioners this winter.
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