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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Labour dubbed ‘nasty party’ as it rejects call for winter fuel payments apology

Labour was branded the new “nasty party” as it rejected Tory calls to apologise for its decision to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners.

MPs voted 293 to 177, majority 116, against an Opposition motion which urged the Government to publish data showing the impact of the cuts on pensioners, while asking for an apology for the “misery caused to vulnerable pensioners” this winter.

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