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Lee Anderson has slammed Labour for "increasing fuel poverty" despite opposing it for the past five years.
Writing on X, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield said: "Fuel Poverty. Despite @UKLabour banging on about fuel poverty for the past five years, what's the first thing they do when they get into power? Correct, they increase fuel poverty.
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"I await the 'whataboutery' from the left."
Keir Starmer's government announced that it would no longer offer winter fuel payments to all pensioners and only provide the allowance to people already claiming means-tested benefits.
The move is to ensure those who are most in need of the annual payments of between ￡100 and ￡300 will recieve it, according to Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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In 2022-23, the latest figures available, just more than 11.1 million pensioners were eligible for winter fuel payment in England and Wales.
But as of last November, only 1.2m were eligible for pension credits. That means about 9.9m will miss out in England and Wales.
The cuts are most likely to affect pensioners in affluent areas.
Charities have criticised the move, with Age UK warning that up to two million elderly people who just miss out on receiving a payment could face some stark choices this winter.
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Around a million additional elderly people with incomes below ￡50 per week will also be hit hard by the loss of the payment, the charity estimates.
Reeves defended the government's decision, saying it taken to make ￡5.5 billion in savings this year.
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She also accused the previous Tory government of making ￡22bn of “unfunded commitment after unfunded commitment” t hat it had “covered up from the country”.
The decision has faced significant backlash, with the NPC calling on the government to “step away from this ill-advised strategy immediately”.