Furious pensioners hound Labour MP out of a pub in anger at winter fuel axe | UK | News

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Labour MP Alex Baker was hounded by angry pensioners at a pub where he was reportedly booed over the winter fuel payment cuts.

A video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter shows people at the pub shouting “Rushmoor people first” & “and our pensioners”.

It comes as the new Labour-led Government changed the rules in which only pensioners who qualify for certain benefits will receive it.

It is estimated that only 1.5 million people will be eligible to get the benefit while last winter it was 10.8 million people who got the payment.

The policy, launched by the last Labour government in 1997, costs nearly £2bn per year but Sir Keir Starmer hopes the changes will save taxpayers £1.5bn.

The prime minister says it could help plug the £22bn “black hole” he says exists in the national finances – but the Tories and charities fear it could leave some over-65s cold this winter.

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