"Published during the 2017 election campaign, the research said: Since the introduction of the winter fuel payment by Labour in 1997, allowing for significant variation in winter weather, deaths among the elderly have fallen from around 34,000 to 24,000. Half of the almost 10,000 decrease in so-called excess winter deaths was due to the introduction of the winter fuel allowance."
"This is blatant hypocrisy. All those now reversing Gordon Brown's winter fuel allowance were Labour MPs when we fought against Theresa May's government's plans to scrap it in 2017."
"Asked about the Labour claim from 2017, Diana Johnson, a Home Office minister, did not try to challenge the logic of the analysis. Instead she stressed that the government is trying to get more pensioners to claim pension credit and that, as a result of the triple lock, pensioners will get a decent rise in their state pension."
"When Keir Starmer says he is willing to take tough, unpopular decisions as PM, he is using language that resonates with a public weary of indecision and inaction from politicians."
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