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Huffington Post // Politics

BBC Presenter Shows Ed Miliband All The Times Ministers Defended The Winter Fuel Cut

Tuesday 10th June 2025, 7:19AM


John Kay and Ed Miliband.Ed Miliband was shown all the times Labour ministers backed the cuts to winter fuel payments just a day after Rachel Reeves performed a humiliating U-turn on the policy.The chancellor was among those senior frontbenchers who went on BBC Breakfast last year to defend the controversial decision.On the programme this morning, energy secretary Miliband repeatedly refused to apologise to pensioners who missed out on the payment last year after Reeves took it off 10 million of them.She confirmed yesterday that 9 million more will get the money this winter after the income threshold to qualify for it was raised to £35,000.Presenter John Kay said: “Millions of pensioners had a really anxious winter. They told us every morning in our inbox that they couldn’t afford to put the heating on. Some told us that their health and their wellbeing was affected by losing the winter fuel payment. Will you now apologise for this mistake?”Dodging the question, Miliband replied: “The

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