Winter Fuel Payments: Govt needs to complete world’s slowest u-turn

25 May 2025

EMBARGO: IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Commenting on Angela Rayner’s interviews on the Sunday shows this morning, where she refused to give clarity on Winter Fuel Payments, Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: 

"Millions of pensioners were plunged into uncertainty and financial turmoil last winter by the Government’s callous decision to strip Winter Fuel Payments. They deserve clarity, not continued confusion and mixed messaging from the top. 

"The Government needs to accept that this policy was doomed from the start and complete what is becoming the world’s slowest u-turn.”

ENDS

 


 

 

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