Winter Fuel Payments: Government response to local elections is “tone deaf”

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to the Government now saying that there will be no change to the cuts to Winter Fuel Payments, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:

“This is a completely tone deaf response to the local elections.

"The public are rightly furious at the Government’s decision to rip vital support from millions of the most vulnerable yet ministers simply are not listening.

“From Winter Fuel Payments to the Family Farm Tax, this Government has turned a blind eye to millions of people who can feel the damage that these half-baked polices are doing. It is time to change course.”

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Notes to Editors:

The Government's comments are reported here: https://x.com/JasonGroves1/status/1919721878303711300