Winter fuel help cut 'first big mistake'

LIBERAL Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey has said his party will attempt to block the Government’s proposed move to end the winter fuel allowance to some pensioners, describing the move as the new administration’s ‘first big mistake.’

Sir Ed said Labour MPs and others across the House will be ‘genuinely worried’ about the move after correspondence with constituents.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Government is withdrawing winter fuel payments from millions of pensioner households not in receipt of benefits.

Ms Reeves defended that decision, which she blamed on a £22 billion black hole in the public finances inherited from the Conservatives, stating: “It’s not a decision I wanted to make.”