"It is not too late for Labour to register the hurt that this cruel policy has caused, step back from picking the pockets of pensioners and do the right thing."
"The government failed to undertake a full assessment of how the decision would impact people, revealing in September that there had been no wide-ranging assessment conducted."
"The matter was urgent due to increasingly cold weather and the significant impact on people who are at risk of disconnection, and who are increasingly having to forgo adequate heating and cut other essential spending."
"The letter argued that the government had a legal duty to refer the cut to the Social Security Advisory Committee and should have gathered more evidence about the impact."
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