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

Starmer to face test next week as MPs vote on limiting winter fuel allowance

Keir Starmer at the dispatch box in the House of Commons
About half a dozen Labour MPs have publicly criticised the plan amid fears some pensioners will struggle to pay their bills. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP/Getty Images

Keir Starmer faces a test of his authority next week after promising a vote on the government’s plans to limit winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners.

MPs will get the chance to vote on secondary legislation on Tuesday that will introduce means-testing of the benefit after pressure from opposition parties and Labour backbenchers.

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