12 Sep 2024

UK: Winter power payment cut to millions of pensioners

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 12 September 2024
Generic pic of UK Parliament building/Big Ben with Union Jack insert. London.

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UK correspondent Matt Dathan looks at the new government's moves to restrict eligibility for the winter fuel payment, which passed in Parliament despite an attempt to block it.

Nearly 2000 prisoners were released from their sentences this week in an attempt to ease overcrowded prisons, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has headed to Washington for key meetings as the US looks to approve the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine against targets in Russia.

Matt Dathan is Home Affairs Editor at The Times

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