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Government 'picking pockets of pensioners' by cutting winter fuel payments, says union boss

Sky News Sunday, 8 September 2024
Government 'picking pockets of pensioners' by cutting winter fuel payments, says union bossFirebrand union leader Sharon Graham has told Sky News that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is guilty of "picking the pockets of pensioners" by cutting winter fuel payments. 
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Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was...

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