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rachel maskell, thanks forjoiningl conversations again. rachel i maskell, thanks forjoining us.irst policy announcements made by this government has gone through, and for the wider approach to the economy we have got to wait to the end of october and the first budget from rachel reeves. ,, w' , first budget from rachel reeves. ,, w , ., first budget from rachel reeves. ,, ., ~ ., reeves. quickly, we do know that one mp _ reeves. quickly, we do know that one mp did _ reeves. quickly, we do know that one mp did vote - reeves. quickly, we do know that one mp did vote against| that one mp did vote against the government on these winter fuel payments, one labour mp with 53 people not abstaining, although some of those could have been away on official business, but the official working majority has gone down. how long would it take to find out how many are actively abstained and how many were unable to vote? haste abstained and how many were unable to vote?— unable to vote? we have to seak unable to vote? we have to speak to — unable to vote? we have to speak to all _ unable to vote?
rachel maskell, thanks forjoiningl conversations again. rachel i maskell, thanks forjoining us.irst policy announcements made by this government has gone through, and for the wider approach to the economy we have got to wait to the end of october and the first budget from rachel reeves. ,, w' , first budget from rachel reeves. ,, w , ., first budget from rachel reeves. ,, ., ~ ., reeves. quickly, we do know that one mp _ reeves. quickly, we do know that one mp did _ reeves. quickly, we do know...
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rachel maskell, a potential labour rebeland newsnight.ront of the daily telegraph, saying that she fears if we withdraw winter fuel payment for those in poverty, it will lead to excess deaths, and she has talked about how at low temperatures for elderly people, you have a danger in the increase of strokes, heart attacks and pneumonia. but i wonder whether the danger to sir keir starmer is not so much a rebellion but a large number of loyal labour mps really unhappy about this and having to vote for it. it was interesting, when rishi sunak said the point vicky has just been saying at prime minister's questions, the labour benches were pretty quiet, and i spoke to one former labour frontbencher who is a complete loyalist, and this person told me that rishi sunak�*s case was unanswerable. i was speaking to a former treasury minister, and they are saying this whole thing has been completely inept. they are saying withdrawing winter fuel allowance is always on the treasury hit list of what you should get rid of, and the chancellor's person sai
rachel maskell, a potential labour rebeland newsnight.ront of the daily telegraph, saying that she fears if we withdraw winter fuel payment for those in poverty, it will lead to excess deaths, and she has talked about how at low temperatures for elderly people, you have a danger in the increase of strokes, heart attacks and pneumonia. but i wonder whether the danger to sir keir starmer is not so much a rebellion but a large number of loyal labour mps really unhappy about this and having to vote...
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is a labour backbenchen concerned individual is a labour backbencher, peter edwards, and it's rachel maskellraph we know that being cold leads to stroke, heart attacks and pneumonia, as well as hypothermia . the fear is that as hypothermia. the fear is that if we withdraw winter fuel payments for those in fuel poverty, it will lead to excess deaths. that's a labour mp. >> well, the cold kills and what the government are trying to do is not withdraw it from those pensioners who are in fuel poverty. and reme referred to reme means testing, which is quite right, she also correctly said that means testing is very slow and cumbersome . what the slow and cumbersome. what the labour government are trying to do with a deficit of more than £80 billion is export means testing into the system as quickly and as painlessly as possible. it looks like there is still some pain, and that's why i think there'll be a partial u—turn. what they want to do is allow the poorest pensioners only to receive it, which is correct. but then that comes to your definition of what a poor pensioner is. >> why roll the dice
is a labour backbenchen concerned individual is a labour backbencher, peter edwards, and it's rachel maskellraph we know that being cold leads to stroke, heart attacks and pneumonia, as well as hypothermia . the fear is that as hypothermia. the fear is that if we withdraw winter fuel payments for those in fuel poverty, it will lead to excess deaths. that's a labour mp. >> well, the cold kills and what the government are trying to do is not withdraw it from those pensioners who are in fuel...
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is a labour backbenchen concerned individual is a labour backbencher, peter edwards, and it's rachel maskellraph we know that being cold leads to stroke, heart attacks and pneumonia, as well as hypothermia . the fear is that as hypothermia. the fear is that if we withdraw winter fuel payments for those in fuel poverty, it will lead to excess deaths. that's a labour mp. >> well, the cold kills and what the government are trying to do is not withdraw it from those pensioners who are in fuel poverty. and reme referred to reme means testing, which is quite right, she also correctly said that means testing is very slow and cumbersome . what the slow and cumbersome. what the labour government are trying to do with a deficit of more than £80 billion is export means testing into the system as quickly and as painlessly as possible. it looks like there is still some pain, and that's why i think there'll be a partial u—turn. what they want to do is allow the poorest pensioners only to receive it, which is correct. but then that comes to your definition of what a poor pensioner is. >> why roll the dice
is a labour backbenchen concerned individual is a labour backbencher, peter edwards, and it's rachel maskellraph we know that being cold leads to stroke, heart attacks and pneumonia, as well as hypothermia . the fear is that as hypothermia. the fear is that if we withdraw winter fuel payments for those in fuel poverty, it will lead to excess deaths. that's a labour mp. >> well, the cold kills and what the government are trying to do is not withdraw it from those pensioners who are in fuel...
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writing in the daily telegraph, the senior labour mp rachael maskell has warned that pensioners will die from the cold if rachels pushes ahead with the widely hated cuts. and she's not the only labour heavyweight uneasy with starmer's policy. andy burnham, ed balls and even diane abbott have all slammed the decision to remove excuse me, the winter fuel allowance for the poorest pensioners. the government is also considering scrapping the single person council tax discounts, which would impact millions of widowed pensioners. i'm joined now by the former lbc political editor , theo political editor, theo usherwood. good evening theo. very good evening to you, ben. thank you for joining very good evening to you, ben. thank you forjoining me a thank you for joining me a simple question. has labour got a problem with pensioners. you've got the winter fuel allowance and now this news story which is brewing about the single person council tax discount being scrapped, which would affect primarily widowed pensioners. yes. >> so just to give you the details on this, we knew about this last week when it comes to the singl
writing in the daily telegraph, the senior labour mp rachael maskell has warned that pensioners will die from the cold if rachels pushes ahead with the widely hated cuts. and she's not the only labour heavyweight uneasy with starmer's policy. andy burnham, ed balls and even diane abbott have all slammed the decision to remove excuse me, the winter fuel allowance for the poorest pensioners. the government is also considering scrapping the single person council tax discounts, which would impact...
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mean, rachael maskell is a pretty level headed and reasonable politician, but she's really gone for starmer. so isn't this the start of a civil war? the civil war? >> it's not. i mean, rachele issue of the winter fuel payments. and i mean, you have to see it in that context. so she's having go. >> she thinks the freebies are not a storm in a teacup. she's not a storm in a teacup. she's not happy about the freebies, ehhen not happy about the freebies, either. she said it's against the spirit of the labour party and keir starmer is the leader. >> mark, i, i'm not glossing over this and i would say there is a lot of anger and i know gb news viewers and others are very angry about it, but i would just ask people to look at the actual rules, you know, which is that unless you want the taxpayer paying unless you want the taxpayer paying for this stuff instead, then they can take gifts, declare it . it's all declare it. it's all transparent. it's out of the open. we're debating it now. and if you want a different system, fine. you know where they're not allowed to have any of these things. but someone's going to have to pay that bill. and i don't want it to be the taxpayer ehhen
mean, rachael maskell is a pretty level headed and reasonable politician, but she's really gone for starmer. so isn't this the start of a civil war? the civil war? >> it's not. i mean, rachele issue of the winter fuel payments. and i mean, you have to see it in that context. so she's having go. >> she thinks the freebies are not a storm in a teacup. she's not a storm in a teacup. she's not happy about the freebies, ehhen not happy about the freebies, either. she said it's against...