The culture secretary - Lisa Nandy - has told LBC that the government will make sure no pensioner will be cold this winter.
The culture secretary - Lisa Nandy - has told LBC that the government will make sure no pensioner will be cold this winter. Her comments come as tension grows within Labour about means-testing the winter fuel allowance, so only the poorest pensions receive the benefit. The decision to scrap the payment for millions of pensioners came after the government accused the Conservatives of creating a “black hole” in public finances.
The publicly owned energy company would be partly funded by tougher taxes for North Sea oil and gas companies, and it's local power plan would aim to provide funding to local authorities and communities to build small-scale clean power projects.
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