Sir Keir Starmer has said his government will not reverse their decision to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners. Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch asked if Mr Starmer was wrong to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. The prime minister insisted the decision was needed to fix the "black hole" left by the Tory government. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The number one job of this government was to put our finances back in order after the last government lost control.
00:07That is, and to deal with the 22 billion black hole that they left.
00:13Because of our action, we've stabilised the economy, we've invested record amounts in the NHS,
00:19we're a payment out of the 3 million lowest paid, and of course we're committed to the triple lock,
00:24which improved pensions by £470 last year.
00:29And Mr Speaker, because of the work that we've done, we're a country that countries like India want to do deals with
00:35because of the messages and the work that we've done.