Starmer Backtracks on Winter Fuel Changes

Crime and Policing Minister Diana Johnson had the arduous task of defending Labour’s decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance this morning, especially after Labour research claimed it could endanger 3,850 lives back in 2017. It didn’t go too well for the minister…

When pushed by BBC presenter Mishal Husain on whether the government was looking at “a social tariff” for energy bills or “restricting the winter fuel allowance to people in households in council tax Bands A to D,” Johnson folded, telling the Today Programme:

“I am sure that across government, all these measures are being looked at… I am absolutely confident that this is being looked at.”