MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons vote
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from on (#6QM71)
Conservative motion to strike down plan is defeated after sometimes bad-tempered Commons debate
MPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, a plan that has been criticised by opposition parties and prompted disquiet among many Labour MPs.
After a sometimes bad-tempered Commons debate, a Conservative motion to strike down the move was defeated by 348 votes to 228.
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