Keir Starmer recently indicated a potential reversal of last year's cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners, particularly revisiting the 11,500 income threshold. This decision may allow more pensioners to benefit from this aid, as many have lost this support. A Labour MP who opposed the cuts emphasizes the importance of standing by working-class communities and recognizing the contributions of past generations. The speaker defends the importance of winter fuel payments in context of historical support and struggles of pensioners, advocating for continued financial assistance.
The prime minister announced in the Commons that he would look again at the 11,500 threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for the payment.
I could not in all conscience vote for the removal of the winter fuel payment from up to 10 million pensioners.
We owe that whole generation a debt of gratitude. It is right that we have tried to secure a decent pension for all by maintaining the triple lock.
The payment of 200 or 300, paid annually in autumn to all pensioners, unjustly handed money to wealthy people.
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