Kemi Badenoch on Labour's apparent Winter Fuel Payment climbdown
Labour blinked. But don’t be fooled. This fight isn’t over. Yesterday, I challenged Keir Starmer from the despatch box. I demanded he reverse his unfair Winter Fuel Payment cuts. Cuts that hit the poorest pensioners hardest. After a year of pressure, Starmer finally admitted he would “revisit the threshold”. That’s not a plan. That’s a vague promise. He hasn’t said how, when, or for how many. Is this a full U-turn or just a cosmetic tweak? We don’t know. They’ve offered headlines, not answers. Some of the country's poorest pensioners are worrying about paying their energy bills this winter. They need certainty now, not a vague promise of help tomorrow. Labour still haven’t explained who will now qualify. They haven’t explained how they’ll fix the mess that left thousands of eligible pensioners out in the cold. And they haven’t given a date for when, or if, anything changes. We’re not letting this drop. Labour’s supermajority doesn’t mean a free pass. We’ll ...
