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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil and Rachael Burford

Labour members vote against axing winter fuel payments for pensioners following protest

Labour members have formally passed a motion calling for the winter fuel payment cut for pensioners to be reversed.

The motion, named An Economy for the Future and tabled by Unite’s Sharon Graham, was narrowly carried by a show of hands in a rowdy hall at the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday.

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