Rachel Reeves is ‘hammering pensioners’ with decision to scrap winter fuel payments

“I’m astonished that she’s gone down this route.”

Tory MP Mark Garnier says he “can’t understand” why Reeves’s first act as new chancellor is to “hammer pensioners of all people”, following her choice to scrap winter fuel payments for those not on benefits.

[josephwilson]

Stop the obscene daily payments to the House of Lords just for showing up. These are the people who are more than able to do without.😊

[sheilaoneil]

I am not a rich pensioner, far, far, far from it. I am eighty one years old and I am in tears at being so cruelly treated. The elites in Westminster haven't got a clue about the daily lives of people like me! Knowledge and wisdom!!! Send her to speak to me PLEASE!

[william_marshal]

Scrapping the winter fuel allowance for pensioners, most of them on a standard pension, whilst not raising any taxes on the tax evading rich is disgusting !!!

[davidmcalpine]

She has to go and labour should reintroduce the winter fuel payment now what a disgusting thing to do

[jeffwatson]

I hope all pensioners remember this a vote reform next time.

[edwinchester]

In the meantime Ed Miliband says Labour will honour pledge of £11.6bn in overseas climate aid. That is half the apparent black hole the Rachel Reeves is moaning about. Where is the logic in that?

[dennismorgan]

Everything for immigrants nothing for pensioners, is she going to veto MPs wage rises ?.

[bernicerafferty]

I have worked all my life and because of this I llose my winter fuel payment which i rely on, yet people who hardly worked or never worked get everything, I am not a rich pensioner so I rely on this .

[sparkle]

Pensioners don't even receive minimum wage, and now this, it's disgusting...

[geraldharkness]

pensioners have worked hard all their lives and paid their dues so it disgusting that these ppl should even think of taking money away from them!

[andrewrose]

Cutting the winter fuel allowance is a vindictive and spiteful move.

[JamieW-ob]

She must bring energy prices down to below pre-covid levels, to balance this out!

[davidpalmer]

Pensioners will be freezing cold this winter while migrants will be nice and toasty warm in their hotels Labour are disgusting.

[williammore]

Winter fuel payment gone, pension lump sum next, life time allowance to restrict how much one can put aside, then means testing to get state pension soon..People voted to give Labour a chance and this is what they will get in return.😮

[MrPotato-Head]

Illegal immigrants will keep warm and have 3 meals a day, at the cost of our own pensioners. Makes sense.

[lucysnowden]

Can I just say it's illegal immigrants, and they do get more than people who have worked for pensions,

[SAS-vxjk]

She is hammering pensioners. I know several with just over the basic pension and few savings and they will not get the fuel payment.
As you know but won't admit starmer and reeves love WEF and Davos and dislike the uk and the taxpaying citizens. I research starmer and just didn't like what I saw

[patrickhatrick]

This payment was once a Year, a similar amount is spent every single day on illegal immigrants

[ChristianGuitard-vf]

This useless woman needs to go. And I am being polite...

[MAHMED-sh]

Pensioners without heating.
Illegals get free heating.
Injustice!