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Massive response to Winter Fuel Payments

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Saturday, 19 October, 2024
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There has been a massive response to the campaign by Conservatives across Wirral, following Labour's decision to remove Winter Fuel Payments from millions of pensioners.

People have responded to the letter from the Leader of the Borough's Conservatives, Cllr. Jeff Green, often with harrowing and distressing accounts of how they will now struggle. 

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The recent increase in the Energy Price Cap, which before the election Labour had promised to freeze, has made the squeeze even tighter.

£1.3 billion.

That's how much Labour estimate that their Winter Fuel cuts will save the public finances this year.

But that didn't factor in the huge uplift in Pension Credit claims that the abrupt announcement in July led to. Or the 450 extra staff the Labour Government have hired to process these claims.

The case for these cuts is quickly falling apart. The Labour Government's own Social Security Advisory Committee has called into question how much these cruel cuts will really save.

And they've also called out how the rushed nature of the policy will leave millions of vulnerable pensioners in the cold.

These cruel cuts will force millions of pensioners to choose between heating and eating, and they won't come close to balancing the books.

So we urge Labour, once again, to reconsider. Please keep the pressure on them to do so by sharing our Winter Fuel petition with friends and family.

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It's likely that these cuts will save a lot less than £1.3 billion. 

And the final number will be trivial when set against Labour's spending elsewhere in government.

In their first month they spent £10 billion on inflation-busting pay increases as demanded by the trade unions. 

And £7 billion on an energy company which doesn't produce any energy. 

Rachel Reeves is also reportedly planning to borrow even more money by tinkering with the Treasury's debt and borrowing rules.

In view of all this spending, a saving of less than £1.3 billion cannot justify such a cruel policy from the government.

The Budget is 11 days away. 

We'll be holding Labour MPs who've endorsed these cruel cuts to account in Parliament.

Because when Labour's own advisory body is sounding the alarm, it's time for Labour MPs to listen.

Help us keep the pressure on Labour to do the right thing by signing our Keep Winter Fuel Petition today.

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