Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Starmer’s winter fuel allowance ‘U-turn’ sets him on a tricky path with backbenchers and voters

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par Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London

The U-turn is a long and, depending on your point of view, honourable or dishonourable tradition in British politics. Now Keir Starmer has been accused of following this tradition after heavily hinting the UK government is reconsidering last year’s decision to deny the winter fuel allowance to millions of pensioners.

As a reminder, the winter fuel payment is a lump sum of £200 or £300 paid to pensioner…

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