{"id":48922,"date":"2025-06-10T16:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=48922"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:42:26","slug":"failing-uk-labour-government-finally-reinstates-home-heating-subsidies-for-9-million-pensioners-cruel-cost-saving-measure-helped-turn-pm-starmer-into-unpopular-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=48922","title":{"rendered":"Failing UK Labour Government Finally Reinstates Home Heating Subsidies for 9 Million Pensioners \u2014 Cruel Cost-Saving Measure Helped Turn PM Starmer Into Unpopular Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UK Labour debacle: Chancellor Rachel Reeves (left) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday (9), after months of deliberations, the British Labour government finally reversed its highly unpopular plan to cut winter home heating subsidies for millions of pensioners.<\/p>\n

We have been reporting on this major misstep by Prime Minister Keir Starmer here in TGP since September 2024, as you can check in SHAME: Labour British PM Starmer and His Hellish Government Scrap Winter Fuel Payments for 10 Million Pensioners While Freeing 1,700 Prisoners, Including Dangerous Ones<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was immediately apparent that this was bound to be a catastrophic decision, so much so that in December 2024 we reported on WATCH: Anti-Starmer Holiday Parody Song \u2018Freezing This Christmas\u2019 that Criticizes Fuel Cuts for Pensioners Reaches Top of the Charts in the UK \u2013 but BBC Still Won\u2019t Play It<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Of course, Starmer\u2019s premiership has been horrendous for many other factors, from the unchecked mass migration fraying the Kingdom\u2019s social fabric, to the NET-Zero lunacy wrecking the economy \u2013 not to mention the non-stop war-mongering for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

But when the Labour party got trounced by Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform UK in the May 2024 local elections, leftist operatives identified the fuel payment cuts as a premiere beef that voters had with Starmer\u2019s government, as we reported in Failing PM Starmer May Reinstate Winter Fuel Payments to Pensioners in Order To Calm the Rebellion of British Voters and MPs From His Own Labour Party<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nigel Farage (left) led his Reform UK party to a major victory in May Local Elections, leaving PM Keir Starmer (right) and his government looking for answers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, yesterday, Starmer yielded to the \u2018loud outcry from the public and some members of his Labour Party\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

After all, the $2 billion savings have cost them too much politically.<\/p>\n

Associated Press<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cTreasury chief Rachel Reeves, who canceled the payment for home heating on all but the poorest retirees after Labour came to power last summer, said the benefit would be restored to 9 million people, or three-quarters of pensioners, in England and Wales whose incomes are below 35,000 pounds ($47,500). Reeves said the move was necessary last year because the previous Conservative government had left public finances in a dire state.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Targeting winter fuel payments was a tough decision, but the right decision because of the inheritance we had been left by the previous government\u2019, Reeves said. \u2018It is also right that we continue to means-test this payment so that it is targeted and fair, rather than restoring eligibility to everyone including the wealthiest\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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A song criticizing the home heating subsidy cut, \u2018I\u2019ll be freezing this Christmas\u2019, made it to the top of the charts in the UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each recipient of the fuel payments receives between $271 and $406 a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanceling the payments for most people last winter was blamed for contributing to Starmer\u2019s swift decline in popularity after his party came to power in a landslide. He was blamed for punishing elderly people on limited incomes who struggled to make ends meet during a cost-of-living crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n

Labour fared poorly in local elections in England last month, with many party representatives blaming the removal of the winter fuel payment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leftist PM Starmer Forced To Walk Back Winter Fuel Payment Cut for Pensioners After Major Blowback From Voters and Internal Labour Party Rebellion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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