Up to 50 Labour MPs may refuse to support Keir Starmer’s proposal to cut the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners, as he attempts to gain backing from backbenchers despite acknowledging the measure is unpopular.
The Letby Inquiry will investigate whether the NHS failed to learn from previous cases involving Beverley Allitt and Harold Shipman.
Sir Keir Starmer has indicated that he will give no concessions to Labour MPs who rebel against cutting winter fuel benefits, emphasising the need to uphold fiscal responsibility.
Flooding has subsided to reveal the UK’s transition from summer to autumn, bringing anticipated cold weather.
According to Labour’s own research, cutting winter fuel payments for older adults could result in the deaths of 4,000 pensioners.
Veteran Tory MP Andrew Rosinsell criticised Labour’s proposed winter fuel payment cuts as “cruel” in the Daily Express.
The NHS is experiencing its first significant decline in 50 years, with a major report highlighting failures in its most basic care and labelling the service as ‘broken’.
The i reports that ministers are evaluating plans to lower energy bills as Keir Starmer faces increasing backlash over proposed cuts to winter fuel payments.
US companies are increasing their participation in the debt market as a strategy to guard against potential turbulence associated with the upcoming presidential election.
An official inquiry is set to begin examining the deaths of more than 2,000 people, who were under NHS-funded independent clinics’ care between 2000 and 2025.