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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

No 10 ‘completely tone deaf’ on harm caused by winter fuel cut, critics say

The prime minister, Keir Starmer, speaks to members of staff during a visit to Leonardo, a defence contractor in Luton
Keir Starmer said his government was taking decisions that will ‘stabilise our economy’. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/PA

Downing Street has been accused of being “completely tone deaf” over the damage wreaked by winter fuel cuts as new polling suggested two-thirds of voters would back a rethink on the policy.

Senior Labour ministers have privately warned the policy is an electoral disaster while Eluned Morgan, the Welsh first minister, said she was “losing patience” with UK Labour as she urged the government to think again.

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