Dear Editor, In light of the UK Government’s recent proposal to eliminate the Winter Fuel Payments scheme, I feel compelled, as a journalist who has...

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The controversy over the Labour Party government’s cut to winter fuel payments continues to dominate the news. PM Keir Starmer and health secretary...

Sunday's headlines include the latest on cuts to winter fuel payments and Oasis taking their tour stateside.

Some Labour MPs are uneasy over the move to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

The attempt to halt the planned cuts was defeated by 348 to 228 votes - a majority of 120 - but it is not clear how many Labour MPs abstained.

In an effort to cut costs, the Labour Party plans to cut winter fuel payments to nearly 10 million pensioners.