Winter Fuel Payment: u-turn taking so long it puts “turning an oil tanker around to shame”

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Responding to the Chancellor’s comments that she will listen to concerns over the Government’s decision to cut winter fuel payments, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:

“This u-turn is taking so long it puts turning an oil tanker around to shame.

“The Government should feel embarrassed that it has taken a dire set of a local election results to realise what everyone has known from the start: this policy was doomed to fail and punished some of the most vulnerable.

“It still remains to be seen if the Chancellor has truly listened and we will scrutinise any new proposals closely so that no pensioner is forced to freeze in their own homes.”

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Reporting is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr883ly337o