SCOTTISH Labour suffered not only defeat but a rebellion in Holyrood, as a former leader and a former deputy leader both rebelled to back calls to scrap the winter fuel payment means test.

MSPs debated a motion moved by SNP First Minister John Swinney on Tuesday as part of Challenge Poverty Week, calling for the UK Labour government to ditch a means test which will see 900,000 pensioners in Scotland and 10 million across Britain lose £300 this winter.