The Silence Will Fall When The Question Is Asked - The Secret WFA Impact Assessment

 

As per Guido:

Last week, Starmer claimed that there had been no impact assessment on how the decision to strip millions of pensioners of winter fuel payments will affect them. 

He asserted: “There isn’t a report on my desk which somehow we’re not showing, that I’m not showing, as simple as that.” Turns out, that’s not true…

A response from the Treasury to a FOI request shows that they do have a “full internal policy impact assessment”, though refuse to publish it as it was part of the “formulation or development of government policy”.

WFA Cut Will Kill 4,000 But Won't Save a Penny

 

Reeves all but admits that she didn't think this through, but won't back down because she has boxed herself in.

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Rachel Reeves does not dispute that if all 800,000 pensioners sign up for the pension credit it could wipe out the £1.5bn annual saving from axing the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners.

The Chancellor tells me: “I would prefer the poorest pensioners to get…

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) September 11, 2024

Fortunately for her and other MPs, they will still receive thousands in heating allowances, Reeves claimed £4,400.

The Hill That #TwoTierKeir Has Chosen To Die On - 4,000 Dead Pensioners

 

Research carried out by Labour in 2017 claimed that 4,000 pensioners would die if the then PM, Theresa May, had pursued plans to restrict winter fuel allowances.

For reasons best known to himself, TwoTier has decided to resurrect those plans and die on the hill of 4,000 dead pensioners. There are battles you should fight, and battles you shouldn't. Quite why TwoTier has chosen this hill to die on is beyond me.

There is a much easier way to save the £1.8BN, stop Miliband's ludicrous £11BN green give-away to foreign governments!