Reeves to ignore funding options to tax on wealth above £10m and instead will go ahead and cut winter fuel payments, following a cross-party proposal by MPs who urged Rachel Reeves to impose 2% tax on wealth above £10m, having been lobbied by the banks.
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A pensioner is set to miss out on winter fuel help this year because she is just £3.32 above the weekly threshold for support. Lynne…
Shock analysis shows four in every five pensioners struggling with money will see winter fuel payment cut Four in every five pensioners living below or…
Wednesday’s front pages feature a few leads with several papers focusing on the early release of prisoners in England and Wales. Many of those papers are traditionally right-leaning and see the early release as a ‘day of shame’ for the country and most feature images of men celebrating their release.
The Commons vote on cutting winter fuel payments is picked up by many other publications. The traditional left-leaning newspapers suggest the public move on from the fuel payments and instead focus on supporting the government in its plans to fix public services.
A few international stories make the broadsheet front pages as US President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing up whether Ukraine can use American long-range missiles in Russia.