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Wes Streeting insists Labour ‘did protect winter fuel allowance’ for pensioners
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1/5/2025
Streeting says public will thank Labour for scrapping winter fuel payments. source: Sky News
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The Chancellor did protect winter fuel allowance for the poorest pensioners.
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There is the Warm Homes Discount people should see if they're eligible for.
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So in terms of protecting the poorest pensioners this winter, the government is taking action.
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Of course, that doesn't mean that getting rid of the winter fuel allowance for others
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has been a popular decision.
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But like many of the unpopular choices we've made in the last...
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Not necessarily amongst the nine million who took it away from, and particularly the ones
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who are just above that threshold.
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I mean, there is an issue here, isn't there?
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But bear in mind, we've kept the triple lock for pensioners, so it will continue to rise
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with the cost of living.
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And more generally, Trevor, there are decisions we've made in the last six months, like on
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winter fuel allowance or other measures to raise money in the budget that were unpopular.
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The reason we've been wanting to make unpopular decisions in the last six months is to get
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Britain out of the massive hole it was left in.
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So there might be unpopular decisions now, but I hope there'll be decisions that in the
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longer run people thank us for when they see the country improving.
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