In a speech to Labour conference, briefly interrupted hecklers, the chancellor promises not to take risks with the public's money.

Retired members of the Unite union criticised the Chancellor’s decision to cut the payment, saying ‘the poorest among us will die this winter’.

What is the winter fuel payment? Labour faces conference rebellion over allowance cut - Major trade unions get behind motion opposing Labour’s decision to restrict pensioners’ fuel allowance

Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy. No 10 is braced for a potential defeat on a Labour conference vote to condemn cuts to the winter fuel allowance, as major trade unions lined up to back the motion to reverse Rachel Reeves’s decision.

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Furious trade unions demanded answers from Labour this morning after party officials were accused of deliberately ducking a vote on the end of universal Winter Fuel Credit. Unite the Union and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were left angry when a motion calling for the Government to U-turn on its decision was not selected to be voted on at

Her decision to strip winter fuel payments from 10 million pensioners is likely to be the focus of fierce debate in Liverpool, with major trade unions demanding a U-turn on the policy. She has defended the move ahead of the speech,