New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the scrapping of universal Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners.
Wishaw ’s MSP has warned that pensioners in her constituency will be hit hard by UK Government cuts to Winter Fuel Payments.
“It turns out it is actually a £22 billion black hole. Labour promised change but we are braced for yet more UK Government imposed austerity. “If Labour push ahead with this cut to pensioner income, we need to see serious proposals to reform this fundamentally unfair UK system. Or, once again, Scots will be forced to foot the bill.”
Miss Nash said: “People throughout Lanarkshire will share my anger over the Tories’ failure to be transparent about the true state of our finances before the election, which has now spiralled into an even greater mess.
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