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Former Scottish Labour leader and deputy back calls to scrap winter fuel payment means test
Former Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard uses a loudhailer before a letter is delivered to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, asking for justice for relatives and loved ones off those affected by deaths in police and prison custody, as families and supporters of Sheku Bayoh and Allan Marshall hold a remembrance vigil, October 29, 2022

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.

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