MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons vote

Conservative motion to strike down plan is defeated but more than 50 Labour MPs abstain

MPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, with a significant number of Labour MPs abstaining.

After a sometimes bad-tempered Commons debate, a Conservative motion to strike down the move was defeated by 348 votes to 228. Just one Labour MP, Jon Trickett, voted for the opposition motion but 53 abstained – at the higher end of predictions.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Conservative motion to strike down plan is defeated but more than 50 Labour MPs abstainUK politics live – latest updatesMPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, with a significant number of Labour MPs abstaining.After a sometimes bad-tempered Commons debate, a Conservative motion to strike down the move was defeated by 348 votes to 228. Just one Labour MP, Jon Trickett, voted for the opposition motion but 53 abstained – at the higher end of predictions. Continue reading…