Daily Express – Axing of winter fuel payments was cruel planned betrayal
The Daily Express’s headline quotes Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell who says Labour “clearly planned to betray” pensioners before the election with the cut to winter fuel payments. The Commons will vote on the proposal on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, actor Dick Van Dyke, 98, is pictured beaming with his Emmy award for Outstanding Variety Special. The paper also picks up the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg interview with Kate Winslet, where the actress called for women to celebrate their real body shape after being told on a recent film set to sit up straighter to hide her belly rolls.
Keir Starmer admits he will be ‘unpopular’ as fury rages over winter fuel payments axe
Sir Keir Starmer admitted his new government will be “unpopular” amid a backlash over axing winter fuel payments for most pensioners.
The Prime Minister sought to defend the controversial decision to restrict the allowance to only those on pension credit ahead of a crunch vote on Tuesday.
In his first major interview since entering No 10, he told the BBC‘s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “We’re going to have to be unpopular.
“Tough decisions are tough decisions. Popular decisions aren’t tough, they are easy.
“When we talk about tough decisions, I’m talking about tough decisions, the things the last government ran away from, that governments traditionally run away from.
“I’m convinced that because they’ve run away from difficult decisions, we haven’t got the change we need for the country.”
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Monday’s front pages continue to report on the backlash facing Keir Starmer and his government’s decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance. There are suggestions the government could face a rebellion in the Commons vote on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, other domestic stories make the front splash. The England football team and cricket news make up the back pages.