It shouldn't have happened in the first place, but the Government completely ignored the Public and did it anyway, talking over everyone.
People don't forget these sleights, people hold resentment towards Starmer because of the past 6 months of malaise and being told "no"
https://www.cityam.com/winter-fuel-payment-u-turn-not-enough-to-win-back-support-labour-mps-say/
“It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn’t do any good.”
Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith
#Discworld #NoUTurn #LaboursHillToDieOn #WinterFuelPayments #KeepingPensionersCold 
It's too late. This, and taking PIP from the disabled, will always now define this government, whatever Labour tries to do to remedy it.
And the hardliners are STILL talking up more benefit cuts in Autumn. They are fools.
#Labour #BenefitCuts #WinterFuelPayments #UKPolitics
No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/05/no-10-reviewing-winter-fuel-payment-cut-after-labour-slump-in-local-elections?CMP=GTUK_email
Now we'll see who fell through the cracks of the Winter Fuel Payment, just more 'expendable' lives for Capitalism
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/04/uk-weather-snow-rain-amber-warning-latest
If #KeirStalin cared about a 'higher standard of living', then start with scrapping the #2childcap, ditching the draconian crap regarding #winterfuelpayments , etc
"I mean, you can see why some people are getting p**sed off with some in the Labour government, eh!?"
Kendall gets her £350-a-month energy bills paid by the taxpayer – while she lives in a four-bedroom £4 million London mansion.
Yet, she's paid to represent an area in #Leicester
Scottish Government says it will "will restore winter fuel payments for all pensioners next year"
Westminster says; "Too many immigrants, open borders, scary forrins coming to rape your children, ignore what we are doing, look at the Immigrants, they're poor and dirty and probably diseased, it's the Tories fault...."
Brits will fall for it because Brits are just as bigoted as Americans are.
"You see this? Immigrants' fault, not ours! Blame the Other, not us!"
![27mago 14.57GMT
More than half of applications for pension credit since winter fuel payments cut announced have been refused, DWP says Ministers routinely talk about the fact that claims for pension credit have soared since the government announced it was stopping most pensioners from getting winter fuel payments. Pensioners will still get the money if they receive pension credit, a benefit for poor pensioners with a notoriously low take-up, and the government has been actively encouraging people to apply if they think they might qualify.
But figures out today show show there has also been a huge increase in the number of applications being refused. In a report the Department for Work and Pensions says:
A4 We have received around 150,000 pension credit claims in the 16 weeks since the [winter fuel payments] announcement on 29 July (which is up to and including end of week beginning 11 November 2024). This is compared to around 61,300 pension credit claims in the 16 weeks before the announcement.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/561/277/622/902/047/original/d97a654ccd52013f.png "27mago 14.57GMT
More than half of applications for pension credit since winter fuel payments cut announced have been refused, DWP says Ministers routinely talk about the fact that claims for pension credit have soared since the government announced it was stopping most pensioners from getting winter fuel payments. Pensioners will still get the money if they receive pension credit, a benefit for poor pensioners with a notoriously low take-up, and the government has been actively encouraging people to apply if they think they might qualify.
But figures out today show show there has also been a huge increase in the number of applications being refused. In a report the Department for Work and Pensions says:
A4 We have received around 150,000 pension credit claims in the 16 weeks since the [winter fuel payments] announcement on 29 July (which is up to and including end of week beginning 11 November 2024). This is compared to around 61,300 pension credit claims in the 16 weeks before the announcement.")
It's several weeks since Dennis sent the letter
Has there been a response
Can the public see 
the letter
Perhaps he should've sent an 
email, instead
Every once in a while the Red Team and the Blue Team swap roles but either way, the British people lose out.
They honestly could not give a shit about us, this is all 'fun and games' to them.
What good are petitions in a pantomime democracy anyway? A waste of a signature...
Labour loses vote in Scotland on Winter Fuel Payments.
A defeat for Starmer's yes-people in the north.
#Labour #WinterFuelPayments #RedTories #Starmer #Scotland #SNP #ScottishParliament #politics
Oh look, something else the new Labour government will disappoint us on...can't imagine why they're doing so poorly in the Polls....
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/01/martin-lewis-energy-price-cap-cheaper-deal
Can't wait for British rage at this traitor government of spivs to be watered down into pointless marches, petitions and other meaningless antics that don't threaten property or we'll get more jail time than killers do...
Starmer will dismiss the Party's Winter Fuel Payment vote like he dismisses any call for PR, and calls to undo the mess that is Brexit and any call to condemn Donald Trump
He ain't for Us, he is for Them
Spectacular, now (finally) their own Party has had enough.
People didn't vote for 'pain' they voted for relief from the Tories.
"Benefits cheaters" says Starmer, protecting the Rich and punishing the Poor
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/24/winter-fuel-allowance-lose-payment-means-tested
Matt on #WinterFuelAllowance #WinterFuelPayments #LabourConference2024 #LabourConference24 – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.
#UKLabour is planing to cut #WinterFuelPayments, join the Unite the Unions"p's campaign to change their minds.
https://davidharmanphotography.weebly.com/winter-fuel-payment.html
