Winter fuel payments cut ‘one of the worst decisions I have ever seen’ says ex pensions minister

Crossbench peer will table fatal' Lords motion, as Starmer faces damaging rebellion in Commons vote

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The respected former pensions minister Ros Altmann has tabled a fatal" parliamentary motion to kill off the government's controversial plan to limit winter fuel payments, describing it as one of the worst decisions I have ever seen".

The move by Baroness Altmann, a crossbench peer and leading expert on issues affecting elderly people, comes amid growing pressure on the prime minister, Keir Starmer, from across the political spectrum, to drop or modify the plan ahead of a series of key votes this week.