Sunak accuses Starmer of 'hiding' impact assessment on winter fuel payment cut

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Rishi Sunak has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "hiding" an impact assessment on the winter fuel payment cut for 10 million pensioners.

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Government defends winter fuel payment cuts
Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was working to ensure all pensioners who were entitled to pension credit claimed the benefit. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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