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'Contact your MSP': Scottish Labour MP shirks responsibility over cuts

A SCOTTISH Labour MP has been told to “own their decision” after voting to cut the universal Winter Fuel Payment – and then telling…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer refuses to come clean on Winter Fuel Payment cut

KEIR Starmer has refused to come clean on the impact of cutting pensioner benefits – as the Government continues to withhold their own analysis of…

The National (Scotland)

Labour MPs expensed over £400,000 for energy bills before axing winter fuel payments

MPs are able to pay for some energy bills using taxpayer money under the current expenses rules

The Independent UK

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Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly jumps on Lime bike to race to TV interviews in London traffic

Mr Cleverly was one of four contenders to get through on Tuesday to the third round of the contest to succeed Rishi Sunak as Tory leader

Evening Standard

Budget will need difficult tax, welfare and spending decisions, Reeves warns

Chancellor’s comments come as housing minister says government will stand firm on cutting winter fuel allowance

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Government to face vote on free school meals pledge – how to watch

THE Scottish Government will face a vote on expanding free school meals to all primary school pupils on Wednesday afternoon...

The National (Scotland)

SNP hit back as Keir Starmer tells party to be 'honest about financial mess'

KEIR Starmer has told the SNP to be “honest about the financial mess” the party created after 17 years of power in Scotland – but the party…

The National (Scotland)

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Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble

It has struck again, the notorious syndrome that causes Chancellors to identify cost savings that look ingenious on a spreadsheet but turn out stupid in the real world, says Guardian column Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Labour is talking about a wealth tax again – what are its options and what might work?

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins recently revealed the party is looking once again at its tax policy, including a possible wealth tax or a “capital income tax” (CIT).

The Conversation

‘We’ll get the blame’: tensions simmer within Labour over winter fuel cut

While Commons rebellion was small-scale, behind the scenes, anger over handling of the policy is said to run high

The Guardian - UK

Starmer finds grateful TUC audience – and paltry Commons dissent on winter fuel allowance

PM becomes first to address union conference in 15 years before Mel Stride struggles to rouse revolt in benefit cut vote

The Guardian - UK

MSPs to debate independence motion on 10th anniversary of 2014 referendum

THE Scottish Parliament will debate a motion on the country’s path to independence on the tenth anniversary of the 2014 referendum, The National…

The National (Scotland)

Mel Stride knocked out of Tory leadership contest

Ex-work and pensions secretary becomes second casualty of contest, leaving four MPs vying to succeed Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Labour special advisers join union over concerns about pay

‘Spads’ working for new government say they are not being paid as fairly as predecessors under the Tories

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The Guardian - UK

Critics of winter fuel payment cut to fight on after government wins vote

Opponents plan to push ministers to look at extra help for most vulnerable people in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s strategy: focus on fixing Britain, not fiscal deficits

Editorial: Ministers have much bigger problems to deal with than principled dissent, and that’s where the government’s attention should be directed

The Independent UK

Probation officers brace for ‘ticking time bomb’ as 1,700 prisoners freed early

Police chiefs warn officers have been plunged into ‘storm’ not of their making

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch regains momentum in Tory leadership race as Mel Stride eliminated

Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick tops the vote to replace Rishi Sunak with ex-home secretary James Cleverly in third

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Evening Standard

Mel Stride knocked out of race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader

Four remaining candidates will make their case to be leader at the party’s annual rally in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

‘They’ve robbed us’: UK pensioners on losing the winter fuel payment

Three pensioners tell us what they think about the vote and their concerns about the coming winter

The National (Scotland)

SNP stalwart to step down at Holyrood election after more than 25 years as MSP

AN SNP stalwart who has represented the party at Holyrood since the Scottish Parliament was reconvened has announced she will be standing down…

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer stares down Labour MPs’ revolt over winter fuel payments as rebellion fizzles out

Sir Keir Starmer has seen off the biggest rebellion of his premiership so far with just one Labour MP voting against the winter fuel payment cut for pensioners

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and Reeves are playing a dangerous game. How much more do they think Britain can take?

We have rusty playgrounds and rundown town centres, yet the government fixates on its ill-conceived plan to penalise pensioners, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

Antony Blinken hails UK Brexit reset as he and Lammy unite to condemn Iran

US secretary of state Antony Blinken and foreign secretary David Lammy put aside differences over arms to Israel and said a Middle East peace deal is ‘99 per cent there’

The Independent UK

Mapped: How did my MP vote in the winter fuel allowance motion?

MPs voted 348 to 228 to axe the payment for all but the country’s poorest pensioners, rejecting a Tory bid for the controversial policy to be blocked

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