Reeves’ NHS pay rise to wipe out savings from winter fuel allowance
4 months, 1 week ago

Reeves’ NHS pay rise to wipe out savings from winter fuel allowance

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Baroness Altmann, the former pensions minister, said the Chancellor’s decision was unfair on pensioners who now faced financial hardship over the winter months. She said: “It is heartbreaking to see the priorities the Government has assigned to the poorer pensioners – there seems to be this blind spot, that pensioners can manage without money.” Lady Altmann noted that the threshold to receive pension credit was low and around 800,000 people who were eligible did not claim it and would miss out on the winter fuel payments. Many cannot even go on to the street to protest as they are not well enough.” She feared more pensioners would feel unable to afford to heat their homes this winter, resulting in additional health problems which in turn would pile pressure on to the NHS – including the doctors in receipt of new pay rises. Lady Altmann said: “That will end up potentially costing more money to the Government than they are saving on the £300 winter fuel payment.

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Wes Streeting claims pensioners will be 'better off' this winter - despite fears 4,000 could die after Labour cut fuel allowance
5 days, 13 hours ago

Wes Streeting claims pensioners will be 'better off' this winter - despite fears 4,000 could die after Labour cut fuel allowance

Daily Mail  

Wes Streeting yesterday claimed pensioners will be ‘better off’ this winter despite fears 4,000 could die after Labour cut their fuel allowance. Asked if the Department of Health and Social Care had done an impact assessment into potential deaths, Mr Streeting said: ‘Because of the choices that the Chancellor has made, particularly on protecting the state pension through the triple …

Labour minister Liz Kendall is urged to refund taxpayer money used to heat her second home - after axing £300 winter fuel payment to pensioners
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Labour minister Liz Kendall is urged to refund taxpayer money used to heat her second home - after axing £300 winter fuel payment to pensioners

Daily Mail  

The Cabinet Minister responsible for slashing Winter Fuel Payments for millions of pensioners last night faced calls to return money she claimed for her own energy bills from the taxpayer. This is an emergency situation - and this news makes me even more angry.’ Labour MP Liz Kendall is being urged to return taxpayers' money used to heat her second …

Winter fuel allowance axe will leave an extra 100,000 pensioners in poverty, ministers admit
1 month ago

Winter fuel allowance axe will leave an extra 100,000 pensioners in poverty, ministers admit

Daily Mail  

Scrapping the winter fuel allowance will leave an extra 100,000 pensioners in poverty, ministers admitted today. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall revealed the estimate for the impact of the controversial policy in a letter to MPs Internal modelling shows that the move will increase numbers in 'relative' poverty after housing costs by 50,000 this year and next, and 100,000 …

Job losses and price hikes inevitable, warn UK’s biggest firms in stark message to Rachel Reeves over Budget
1 month, 1 week ago

Job losses and price hikes inevitable, warn UK’s biggest firms in stark message to Rachel Reeves over Budget

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Rachel Reeves to face winter fuel cuts fury as protesters target her Leeds constituency
1 month, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves to face winter fuel cuts fury as protesters target her Leeds constituency

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Is the backlash against Reeves’s national insurance hike justified?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Is the backlash against Reeves’s national insurance hike justified?

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It should probably come as no surprise that what the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, once described as “a tax on jobs” has turned out to be. In particular, the “secondary threshold” – the level at which employers become liable to pay national insurance on each employee’s salary – will come down from £9,100 per year to £5,000 per year. The health …

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves faces backlash from GPs, care homes and hospices over national insurance hike
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves faces backlash from GPs, care homes and hospices over national insurance hike

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NHS pay and pension rises to swallow up half of Reeves’s £22bn spending spree
1 month, 3 weeks ago

NHS pay and pension rises to swallow up half of Reeves’s £22bn spending spree

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At the same time, hospital consultants received a 6 per cent pay rise, having had a bumper deal with rises of up to 20 per cent in 2023/24. Research by the Nuffield Trust think tank shows that the NHS is already planning to spend £13 billion extra in the current year – far ahead of the extra £10.4bn it has …

Autumn budget 2024 predictions: 8 key things to watch out for in Rachel Reeves’s statement
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Autumn budget 2024 predictions: 8 key things to watch out for in Rachel Reeves’s statement

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Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments

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Reeves: Budget tax raid not enough to fix NHS
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reeves: Budget tax raid not enough to fix NHS

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Tax rises in the Budget will not be the last, the Chancellor has suggested after admitting that the money she will give the NHS on Wednesday will not be enough to fix it. Rachel Reeves is set to inflict a £35 billion tax raid by raising National Insurance contributions for employers and increasing capital gains tax, in part to fund …

How Rachel Reeves' budget could make the gulf between public and private pensions even wider
2 months ago

How Rachel Reeves' budget could make the gulf between public and private pensions even wider

Daily Mail  

A huge chasm between generous public sector pensions and squeezed private sector pensions could be blown even wider next week. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to protect public sector workers from a raid on employers’ pension contributions in the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to protect public sector workers from a raid on employers’ pension contributions in the Budget …

Rachel Reeves warned winter fuel payment cuts won’t save as much money as expected
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves warned winter fuel payment cuts won’t save as much money as expected

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cuts to pensioner winter fuel payments will save hundreds of millions …

Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment– UK politics live
3 months ago

Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment– UK politics live

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Reeves defends claiming energy expenses and insists winter fuel cuts right move
3 months, 1 week ago

Reeves defends claiming energy expenses and insists winter fuel cuts right move

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Will winter fuel payments be remembered as Labour’s ‘tuition fees’ moment?
3 months, 1 week ago

Will winter fuel payments be remembered as Labour’s ‘tuition fees’ moment?

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Although the government won the Commons vote, its decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners has left scars that won’t heal easily. The episode has left a nasty taste for many Labour MPs, notably among the newbies, who have had little time to savour their victories at July’s election. Without further help from Reeves, will this …

Labour has no choice but to cut winter fuel payment, minister insists
3 months, 1 week ago

Labour has no choice but to cut winter fuel payment, minister insists

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Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash

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Winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear

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Martin Lewis makes Winter Fuel Payment “plea” to all pensioners ahead of Reeves meeting
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Martin Lewis makes Winter Fuel Payment “plea” to all pensioners ahead of Reeves meeting

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Majority of pensioners below poverty line ‘could lose winter fuel payments’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Majority of pensioners below poverty line ‘could lose winter fuel payments’

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Chancellor defends winter fuel payment cut amid ‘frightened’ pensioners warning
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chancellor defends winter fuel payment cut amid ‘frightened’ pensioners warning

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Watch: Chancellor Rachel Reeves questioned on Budget after Keir Starmer admitted it will be ‘painful’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: Chancellor Rachel Reeves questioned on Budget after Keir Starmer admitted it will be ‘painful’

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UK faced economic crash if winter fuel payment was not axed, Powell says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UK faced economic crash if winter fuel payment was not axed, Powell says

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The winter fuel dilemma is the first test of the Starmer-Reeves relationship
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The winter fuel dilemma is the first test of the Starmer-Reeves relationship

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Labour's pre-Halloween nightmare: The SIX taxes Rachel Reeves could hike in 'painful' Autumn Budget on 30 October as Chancellor mulls targeting inheritance, pensions and council tax and fuel duty to p
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour's pre-Halloween nightmare: The SIX taxes Rachel Reeves could hike in 'painful' Autumn Budget on 30 October as Chancellor mulls targeting inheritance, pensions and council tax and fuel duty to p

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves could impose a series of tax hikes on Britons over the coming months from inheritance to pensions and capital gains to savings. Here, MailOnline looks at five taxes the Government could raise in the Budget: CAPITAL GAINS TAX Capital gains tax is charged on the profit made from financial assets such as shares or …

Shame on Labour for leaving pensioners like me in the cold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shame on Labour for leaving pensioners like me in the cold

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While I am fully in agreement that the winter fuel allowance is not completely fair as there are retired people who are wealthy enough to not need it, I am concerned that pensioners like myself who are not in receipt of pension credit will lose out! Annie W Address supplied Means testing winter fuel payments is a much-needed step I …

Winter Fuel Payments: Labour urged to undo change for millions of pensioners
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Winter Fuel Payments: Labour urged to undo change for millions of pensioners

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Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister

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Rachel Reeves needs to raise billions and pensioners fear they are the target
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves needs to raise billions and pensioners fear they are the target

The Telegraph  

Rachel Reeves’ decision to end winter fuel payments gave Britons a taste of who the Chancellor is likely to hit with higher taxes in her maiden Budget. When asked to define who a working person was, she declared: “Someone who goes out to work for their income.” That leaves owners of businesses and other assets and pensioners as likely targets. …

Chancellor’s deputy accused of hypocrisy over scrapping pensioners’ winter fuel payments
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chancellor’s deputy accused of hypocrisy over scrapping pensioners’ winter fuel payments

The Telegraph  

The Chancellor’s deputy has been accused of hypocrisy after appearing to change his mind about scrapping winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. But last autumn Darren Jones, now the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said pensioners would be left “anxious” and “concerned” by any change to the payment system. Asked about Mr Jones’s comments, Ms Reeves told LBC’s Nick …

Labour raids 10MILLION pensioners... and tax hikes ARE coming: Reeves strips most OAPs of winter fuel payments and flags 'difficult decisions' in Budget as she blames Tories for £22bn hole in public f
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour raids 10MILLION pensioners... and tax hikes ARE coming: Reeves strips most OAPs of winter fuel payments and flags 'difficult decisions' in Budget as she blames Tories for £22bn hole in public f

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves raided pensioners and signalled tax hikes are coming today as she claimed there is a £22billion hole in the public finances. Speaking at a press conference tonight, Rachel Reeves defended limiting winter fuel payments to only those on benefits while hiking junior doctors pay The Chancellor said she had no choice but to strip all pensioners who do …

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