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No 10 braced for potential defeat in Labour conference winter fuel vote
Major trade unions are lining up to back motion to reverse chancellor’s decision to cut pensioners’ fuel allowance
No 10 is braced for a potential defeat in a Labour conference vote to condemn cuts to the winter fuel allowance, as major trade unions line up to back a motion to reverse Rachel Reeves’s decision.
Led by Unite and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), trade unions are expected to force a debate and vote at conference later this week to condemn the decision to axe the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest pensioners. Unison and the GMB are understood to be likely to back a motion if a form of words can be agreed.
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