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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Scottish Labour to force vote on winter fuel payments

The party will seek to amend a Bill going through Holyrood (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Scottish Labour will force a vote designed to re-design the Scottish Government’s winter fuel payments, despite them being cut because of a decision by the UK Government.

Within weeks of taking office, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set off a political firestorm by announcing the winter fuel payment would be means-tested, cutting spending and ultimately scuppering the Scottish Government’s plan to offer its own universal counterpart.

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