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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Unite union launches legal action against government over winter fuel payment cuts

Labour’s biggest union backer is taking Sir Keir Starmer’s government to court over the decision to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

With temperatures dropping, Unite has applied to the High Court for a judicial review of the prime minister’s move to means test the payment, which will see it withdrawn from around 10m elderly people.

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