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Sunak accuses Starmer of 'hiding' impact assessment on winter fuel payment cut

Sky News Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Sunak accuses Starmer of 'hiding' impact assessment on winter fuel payment cutRishi Sunak has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "hiding" an impact assessment on the winter fuel payment cut for 10 million pensioners.
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Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was...

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