Winter Fuel Allowance cut Commons vote
6 releases from 2 parties, 9 September 2024 to 10 September 2024.
Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication
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DUP will keep pressure on Labour over Winter Fuel cut
DUP MP Sammy Wilson says his party will keep pressing the UK Government to reverse the Winter Fuel Allowance cut ahead of a Commons vote on Tuesday. He accuses Labour of imposing the cut on pensioners without consulting the devolved regions, and says DUP peers will seek to block it in the Lords.
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SDLP MPs oppose cuts to Winter Fuel Payments
SDLP MPs have opposed the planned cut to Winter Fuel Payments at Westminster, warning it risks pushing pensioners into fuel poverty. Claire Hanna MP calls on the Communities Minister to reconsider and urges other Executive parties to state their position.
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Communities Minister's statement on Labour Party's Winter Fuel…
DUP Communities Minister Gordon Lyons tells the Assembly he is totally opposed to the UK Government's restriction of Winter Fuel Payments, saying it was unexpected, was not in Labour's manifesto and was made without notice to his department. He estimates maintaining universal payments in Northern…
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Sinn Fein MPs will assist Labour in removing winter fuel payments:…
DUP MP Gregory Campbell says Sinn Fein's abstention from taking their Commons seats will effectively help the Labour Government pass its cut to winter fuel payments for pensioners. He used a point of order to confirm the party will not attend ahead of the key vote.
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Robinson – not in our name
The DUP's Gavin Robinson MP calls on the UK Government to reconsider removing the Winter Fuel Allowance from almost 200,000 pensioners in Northern Ireland, saying it would worsen fuel poverty and that the Executive cannot afford to fund a replacement system.
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Labour’s Cuts to Winter Fuel Payments are Cruel and Unjust
DUP MP Carla Lockhart condemns the Labour Government’s move to reduce Winter Fuel Payments for about 200,000 Northern Ireland pensioners, calling it a cruel attack on the elderly and criticising the lengthy, complex Pension Credit application.
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- Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
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