Rachael Maskell, the York Central MP, appeared to signal she was willing to disobey her party’s orders to vote for the ending of universal winter fuel payments, which will see the benefit restricted to those receiving pension credit or other means-tested benefits.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the universal payment would come to an end when she laid out measures to tackle a £22 billion “black hole” in the public finances.
Some 10 million pensioners are expected to lose out on winter fuel payments as a result, but the Government is encouraging more of them who are eligible for pension credits to take up the often-overlooked benefit.
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York and North Yorkshire’s mayor has said he is ‘determined’ to get a half-hourly train between Scarborough and York.
