The public reacts to the winter fuel cut

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People across the country react to the winter fuel cut.

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00:00Are they going to lose the next election?

00:02They will.

00:03The Conservatives are going to get in again.

00:06And for what stupid reason?

00:07Because the reason why they are in there are the people voting.

00:11Because our vote for Labour was because of what they offered, changes.

00:16Well I think it's right to have a greater emphasis on investment in infrastructure.

00:22It's right to have more emphasis on levelling up across the country.

00:27That's what I'd like to see, investing in a stronger, fairer economy.

00:33At the moment too much of the wealth is going into too few hands.

00:37The benefits need to be distributed to ordinary people.

00:41Yes I'd like to see the university fees, instead of increasing, going down, rather than up.

00:51My daughter was unlucky because we had to pay for university.

01:00My thoughts?

01:01I think they could have waited.

01:02I think they jumped in a bit too sharp.

01:04I know they're saying there's shortages, but it's a big disappointment for anybody who's

01:09voted Labour all their lives and could have waited until next election.

01:13I'm not very happy about it.

01:17I can manage, but there's a lot that can't.

01:21So it's them I feel sorry for.

01:23I've worked since the age of 16, I'm 69 now.

01:27Worked all my life, paying the coppers and stuff, and to think now Labour's getting in

01:33and things are just going to change dramatically.

01:39They could have cut all the government's lunches, couldn't they, the free lunches?

01:45As I say, it could cost people their lives and stuff like that, you know.

01:48I don't think they've given it a good enough thought.

01:50Well, I don't know what they could have cut, but they could have looked.

01:53I don't think they've looked, I think they've just used it as a quick option to chop something,

01:58you know, and they've hit the pensioners.

02:00I think it's ridiculous that people who don't need it get it.

02:03So it's something that needed to be sorted, but I think it could have been handled a bit better.

02:08I'm going to miss that.

02:10I do not get any credits.

02:14You know, I don't get pension, I don't qualify otherwise, but I'm going to miss that three

02:17of them, I haven't put my hands down yet.

02:19I was staying with people who lived in the south of Spain, and up until a few years ago,

02:24they still got it, and they lived there permanently.

02:28That was stopped.

02:30But it's going to be difficult, and people really need to be encouraged to claim pension

02:36credit, because there's no shame to it, you're entitled to it, you should claim it.

02:39What's it going to mean I'm not using the heating now?

02:41It's OK saying put a blanket on and an extra sweater, which I've done,

02:45and last night was very cold.

02:47But you're still going to move.

02:49You've got to go and get yourself a hot drink, you've got to move through the house.

02:54Do you think we're still in a cost of living crisis?

02:56Well, we'll never be over it, to be honest.

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