The Labour Chancellor accused the Tories of a 'cover-up' and spending money the UK Government did not have.
Rachel Reeves has announced the Winter Fuel Payment will no longer be offered to all older Scots as she tries to plug a £22 billion blackhole in the public finances caused by the Tories.
The new Chancellor today accused the Conservatives of covering up the scale of the problems when it was in power instead of taking hard decisions to fix the economy. In a statement to MPs, Reeves set out “immediate action” to address the issues she said had been uncovered by the audit ordered by Labour when it took office.
She pledged not to raise taxes for working people - National Insurance, basic higher or additional rates of income tax and VAT - but said there would be challenging trade-offs before she announced her Government's first Budget on October 30.The Winter Fuel Payment was previously offered to all adults in the UK born before September 25, 1957, offering them between £250 and £600 to help pay heating bills.
The Scottish Government already offers a separate means-tested benefit, the Winter Heating Payment, which is unaffected by Reeves' statement.
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