PMQs – Starmer – Sunak clash over winter fuel cuts – watch how it happened

PMQs – Starmer – Sunak clash over fuel cuts

Keir Starmer grilled over cuts to winter fuel payments during Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament.

Rishi Sunak pointed out that Labour MPs voted to remove the winter fuel payment.

The government is cutting the payment – worth at least £200 – for around 10 million pensioners, although people on certain benefits will still get it.

Prime Minister: “the fact o the matter is this, they left a £22bn black hole and the hid it from the OBR”.  Mitigations are in place.  Starmer said the triple lock shows increases in pensions “will outstrip any loss of paymnet”.

MPs approved the plan last night, with one Labour MP, Jon Trickett, not supporting the government – another 52 MPs had no vote recorded.

Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, for example, said she missed the vote for family reasons, although she added: “If I were able to attend in person, I would vote against these cuts.”

In total, 52 MPs had no vote recorded, including some ministers. While some will have abstained as a political gesture, some may have been absent for other reasons.

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