Rachel Reeves defends cutting winter fuel payments in Labour conference speech

Rachel Reeves has defended her cut to the winter fuel allowance and abandoning infrastructure projects, arguing that the decisions taken in the early weeks of the Labour government would pave the way for a more optimistic economic future.

Giving her first speech to the Labour conference as chancellor, Reeves said she had been forced to make unpopular cuts because of the economic situation she had inherited from the Tories

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[Budanevey]

_"Some of you may freeze, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make, "_ says Reeves...

[LordPoshnameVonPlumbingparts]

While claiming nearly four and a half grand in expenses to heat her second home.

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[johnfrancis]

Theres no black hole in her bank account i can tell you that

[Fish_N_Chips_Dude_Blocked]

Free electricity for illegal immigrants.

[iq-ride]

Why not cut your salaries, military spending?

[williamstewart]

How do you cut fuel payments when you're supporting illegal migrants in hotels and allowances?

[richardjames]

As the dead bodies pile-up how will her conscience fair?

[michaelrch]

She made this choice 10 years ago and announced it in the commons. Now her dream has finally come true!!

[garyrobinson]

Still going on about the 22 billion "inherited" debt then, even though they've been proved to be lying about it

[danielurie]

Giving 11.6 billion more than half the worth of the black hole to foreign aid but can’t heat our pensioners who have worked and paid tax to the uk government all there lives

[julianshepherd]

My expectations of Blue Labour were low but not low enough.

[snowman]

The UK has one of the poorest pensions in Europe. Labour just made it worse.

[RobinRichardson-pk]

She is every bit as glazed and uninspiring as Truss, the wooden Tory.

[norfolkhall]

Is it just me, but she always comes across as smug looking.

[graham]

It just shows how far the Labour party have fallen under Starmer and his goons when this dreadful woman is cheered to the rafters and given numerous standing ovations for cutting the winter fuel payments to pensioners. Disgraceful

[florinahsan]

Fed up hearing £22 billion black hole every time

[kellyannpage]

Who judged we give a few more billion to Ucraine ?Can we pls see where this has been going. Since we pay for it?

[erictea]

i take money from the poor but won't tax the ritch

[commandocol]

"I'm going to vote for Labour, lesser of two evils"... Who would've thought Labour could be so bad... EVERYONE!

[chriswillis]

You and the labour party are an absolute joke.