Councils are launching their own alternative winter fuel schemes after Sir Keir Starmer axed annual payments for 10 million pensioners. Local authority leaders said they were taking matters into their own hands to curb the impact of the Government’s “cruel” decision. Labour-run Basildon Council has announced it is giving £100 grants to vulnerable pensioners stripped of their usual support. It will initially target 1,000 struggling households which just missed out on receiving the previously universal winter fuel payments. Elsewhere, Lib … read more »
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