The desire to win back pensioners deserting Labour for Reform was the real calculation at the heart of the winter fuel U-turn, says David Maddox
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The desire to win back pensioners deserting Labour for Reform was the real calculation at the heart of the winter fuel U-turn, says David Maddox
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ast week’s exclusive weekly polling for The Independent is perhaps the biggest indication of why Rachel Reeves has performed a huge U-turn on winter fuel.
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