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  1. CW: Politics UK

    Puts radio on. Hears that a retired couple with a income of 68k will now get the winter fuel allowance.
    I'm convinced that all that I'm experiencing is but a feverish dream #politics #WinterFuelAllowance #UK

  2. Happy #SocialistSunday everyone. Now that #Starmer has been embarrassed into a u-turn on the #WinterFuelAllowance he needs to the same on #DisabilityBenefits for disabled people. Will follow back like-minded people. ✊ #bbclaurak #TrevorPhillips #DisabilityRebellion

  3. Happy #SocialistSunday everyone. Now that #Starmer has been embarrassed into a u-turn on the #WinterFuelAllowance he needs to the same on #DisabilityBenefits for disabled people. Will follow back like-minded people. ✊ #bbclaurak #TrevorPhillips #DisabilityRebellion

  4. Happy #SocialistSunday everyone. Now that #Starmer has been embarrassed into a u-turn on the #WinterFuelAllowance he needs to the same on #DisabilityBenefits for disabled people. Will follow back like-minded people. ✊ #bbclaurak #TrevorPhillips #DisabilityRebellion

  5. Happy #SocialistSunday everyone. Now that #Starmer has been embarrassed into a u-turn on the #WinterFuelAllowance he needs to the same on #DisabilityBenefits for disabled people. Will follow back like-minded people. ✊ #bbclaurak #TrevorPhillips #DisabilityRebellion

  6. CW: UK Politics

    It's good to see the UK govt finally putting some pressure on #Israel and reversing cuts to the winter fuel allowance.

    What do you think the reasons for this are?

    A: #Starmer has suddenly developed a conscience and can now see that genocide and killing pensioners are bad

    B: He's shit scared by the local election results and is desperately trying to avoid losing more votes

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4kkl
    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93yy2

    #UKPolitics #WinterFuelAllowance #WFA #Gaza #IsraelGazaWar

  7. @lyndamerry484

    In the same way, Labour have bungled the issue of #fuelpoverty

    The #WinterFuelAllowance was problematic, but shouldn't have been cut without a package of measures to address fuel poverty, such as insulating homes, supporting low cost heating and addressing the benefits crisis

    I expect we will see a rise in deaths this winter as a result. Our hospitals are already warning they are seeing massive rises in flu which is caused by fuel poverty

  8. Does anyone really believe that #Starmer would allow #ScottishLabour to reintroduce the #WinterFuelAllowance in #Scotland? There would be uproar in England if he didn't do the same.

    BBC News: Sarwar pledges to expand winter fuel payment

    bbc.com/news/articles/c70452jj

  9. Let's be clear. The abolition of the #winterfuelallowance by #KierStarmer 's government only shows they are Tories in disguise

  10. If #RosieDuffield was so concerned about the #winterfuelallowance then why didn't she vote against it?

    @Lazarou makes this point

  11. I’ve been following the trials and tribulations of a new government that seems, through renewed austerity and scandals over free clothes and Taylor Swift tickets from donors, to have concluded the shortest political honeymoon in history. I was watching a clip of (I think it was Iain Dale) – speaking with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves....
    The Shortest Political Honeymoon in History theorkneynews.scot/2024/09/26/ #AlecRoss, #LabourGovernment, #Politics, #ScottishIndependence, #WinterFuelAllowance

  12. You may not know but, the unions' motion to have a vote on the #WinterFuelAllowance was originally timetabled for Monday but was moved back to the 'graveyard' slot when many candidates had gone home.

    The Chancellor gave her speech on Monday.

    It is not known who adjusted the timetable.

  13. The Labour leadership lost a highly anticipated motion at the party’s conference that called on ministers to reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments

    But the FUCKERS are still going ahead with it anyway

    #WinterFuelAllowance

    #GTLPO

  14. No scrapping of the odious #2childbenefit cap to lift 250,000 kids out of #poverty.

    Then, pushing ahead with the cruel cut to #pensioners #winterfuelallowance despite a conference vote to reverse it.

    Now, #Labour plans to target the long-term sick and #disabled to slash the already depleted #benefits system

    FUCK THIS SHIT

    #GTLO

  15. No scrapping of the odious #2childbenefit cap to lift 250,000 kids out of #poverty.

    Then, pushing ahead with the cruel cut to #pensioners #winterfuelallowance despite a conference vote to reverse it.

    Now, #Labour plans to target the long-term sick and #disabled to slash the already depleted #benefits system

    FUCK THIS SHIT

    #GTLO

  16. No scrapping of the odious #2childbenefit cap to lift 250,000 kids out of #poverty.

    Then, pushing ahead with the cruel cut to #pensioners #winterfuelallowance despite a conference vote to reverse it.

    Now, #Labour plans to target the long-term sick and #disabled to slash the already depleted #benefits system

    FUCK THIS SHIT

    #GTLO

  17. No scrapping of the odious #2childbenefit cap to lift 250,000 kids out of #poverty.

    Then, pushing ahead with the cruel cut to #pensioners #winterfuelallowance despite a conference vote to reverse it.

    Now, #Labour plans to target the long-term sick and #disabled to slash the already depleted #benefits system

    FUCK THIS SHIT

    #GTLO

  18. No scrapping of the odious #2childbenefit cap to lift 250,000 kids out of #poverty.

    Then, pushing ahead with the cruel cut to #pensioners #winterfuelallowance despite a conference vote to reverse it.

    Now, #Labour plans to target the long-term sick and #disabled to slash the already depleted #benefits system

    FUCK THIS SHIT

    #GTLO

  19. CW: UK Politics

    I see the Labour Party conference has voted to reverse the cuts in winter fuel payments.

    But it's important to remember that Labour Party democracy works on the principle of one man, one vote.

    And that man is Starmer.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd4ej

    #WFA #WinterFuelAllowance #Lab24 #Starmer #UKPolitics

  20. "Ask when you last heard ... of a pensioner freezing to death in winter unable to heat their home"

    - from Tony Blair's resignation speech May 2007

    #winterfuelallowance
    #labourparty
    #labourconference

  21. Fuck me backwards

    Cardboard Boy justifies letting the elderly freeze this winter because of concerns about foreign investment.

    At today's conference speech, he said:

    "Perhaps you are concerned about the #winterfuelallowance. I get that. As I say, if these paths were popular or easy, we would have walked them already, but the risk of showing the world that this country does not fund its policies properly is a risk we can never take again."

    #Shameful

  22. CW: UK politics

    I admit, I've been a bit confused over the winter fuel payment drama as I thought it was about giving pensioners allowance for car fuel, and I'm aware pensioners have access to bus pass, so I've been really confused.

    Now I'm aware it's about paying for heating, yes this is a really weird and cruel thing to do, and a very weird hill to die on.

    #ukpol #labour #labourparty #labourpartyuk #winterfuelallowance #winterfuelpayment

  23. CW: UK politics

    I admit, I've been a bit confused over the winter fuel payment drama as I thought it was about giving pensioners allowance for car fuel, and I'm aware pensioners have access to bus pass, so I've been really confused.

    Now I'm aware it's about paying for heating, yes this is a really weird and cruel thing to do, and a very weird hill to die on.

    #ukpol #labour #labourparty #labourpartyuk #winterfuelallowance #winterfuelpayment

  24. Yvonne says MP's expenses should be reduced to fund the Winter Fuel Allowance. Do you agree?

    Petition:

    chng.it/Q6QpqmVNMZ

    #WinterFuelAllowance #MPsExpenses #politics

  25. Yvonne says MP's expenses should be reduced to fund the Winter Fuel Allowance. Do you agree?

    Petition:

    chng.it/Q6QpqmVNMZ

    #WinterFuelAllowance #MPsExpenses #politics

  26. Yvonne says MP's expenses should be reduced to fund the Winter Fuel Allowance. Do you agree?

    Petition:

    chng.it/Q6QpqmVNMZ

    #WinterFuelAllowance #MPsExpenses #politics

  27. Yvonne says MP's expenses should be reduced to fund the Winter Fuel Allowance. Do you agree?

    Petition:

    chng.it/Q6QpqmVNMZ

    #WinterFuelAllowance #MPsExpenses #politics

  28. Yvonne says MP's expenses should be reduced to fund the Winter Fuel Allowance. Do you agree?

    Petition:

    chng.it/Q6QpqmVNMZ

    #WinterFuelAllowance #MPsExpenses #politics

  29. After the government was forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose the winter fuel allowance, groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers.

    The internal DWP analysis also suggested that eight out of 10 over-80s would lose their allowance.
    These are also the people still on the old, lower state pension of £169 per week.

    #Disability #Pensioners #LabourAusterity #UKPolitics #WinterFuelAllowance

    theguardian.com/society/2024/s

  30. After the government was forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose the winter fuel allowance, groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers.

    The internal DWP analysis also suggested that eight out of 10 over-80s would lose their allowance.
    These are also the people still on the old, lower state pension of £169 per week.

    theguardian.com/society/2024/s

  31. After the government was forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose the winter fuel allowance, groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers.

    The internal DWP analysis also suggested that eight out of 10 over-80s would lose their allowance.
    These are also the people still on the old, lower state pension of £169 per week.

    #Disability #Pensioners #LabourAusterity #UKPolitics #WinterFuelAllowance

    theguardian.com/society/2024/s

  32. After the government was forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose the winter fuel allowance, groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers.

    The internal DWP analysis also suggested that eight out of 10 over-80s would lose their allowance.
    These are also the people still on the old, lower state pension of £169 per week.

    #Disability #Pensioners #LabourAusterity #UKPolitics #WinterFuelAllowance

    theguardian.com/society/2024/s

  33. After the government was forced to reveal that 71% of pensioners with disabilities will lose the winter fuel allowance, groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers.

    The internal DWP analysis also suggested that eight out of 10 over-80s would lose their allowance.
    These are also the people still on the old, lower state pension of £169 per week.

    #Disability #Pensioners #LabourAusterity #UKPolitics #WinterFuelAllowance

    theguardian.com/society/2024/s

  34. Die britische Labour-Partei setzt sich bei der Kürzung von Heizkostenzuschüssen für Rentner durch. Doch es gibt Widerstand gegen die Sparpolitik. taz.de/!6036323/ via @tazgetroete #winterfuelallowance #linksgegenlinks #britischepolitik #labour #starmer #corbyn