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"Is this Labour's first big mistake?" | James O'Brien on LBC
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11:47Now PlayingWith winter fuel payments scrapped for ten million pensioners as part of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' cuts to fill a "black hole" in public finances, James O'Brien asks:
'Does this mark the first big misstep of Keir Starmer's government?'
Rachel Reeves said: "I'm making the difficult decision that those not in receipt of pension credit or certain other means-tested benefits will no longer receive the winter fuel payment from this year onwards.
"The Government will continue to provide winter fuel payments worth £200 for households receiving a pension credit of £300 to households in receipt of pension credit with someone over the age of 80.
"Let me be clear, this is not a decision I wanted to make, nor is it the one that I expected to make, but these are the necessary and urgent decisions that I must make."
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