Netizens Call For Immediate Cut Of MP Salaries And Expenses After Rachel Reeves Leaves 10M Pensioners 'Out In The Cold'

Ahead of her first budget, the chancellor refused to rule out hiking capital gains and inheritance tax and pursuing pension reform (Credit: AFP News)

KEY POINTS

• Reeves claimed the public finances face an extra £22 billion hole inherited from the previous Conservative administration
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said that some of Labour's claims of hidden spending by the previous government "appear" correct.

In the wake of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' announcement that approximately 10 million pensioners in England and Wales will lose their winter fuel payments, public outcry has surged, with netizens demanding immediate cuts to MPs' salaries and expenses. This drastic change, set to take effect this autumn, affects pensioners not on pension credit or other means-tested benefits, stripping them of annual payments ranging from £100 to £300.