Why did Starmer u-turn on winter fuel? | LBC
May 21, 2025
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as posted by the channelSir Keir Starmer has announced a partial u-turn on winter fuel payments after months of furious opposition from the public and MPs.
The PM said this lunchtime that he wants to ensure "more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments" going forwards.
He used PMQs to say that “as the economy improves, we want to make sure that people feel those improvements".
And he said that the changes would be confirmed at a fiscal event - likely to be the spending review in June, or the Budget in November.
The PM told MPs in the House of Commons today: “I have made clear... that as the economy improves we want to take measures that will impact on people’s lives and, therefore we will look at the threshold."
As the news breaks, LBC's Natasha Clark gives Shelagh Fogarty the latest Parliamentary gossip.
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