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Labour set for ‘austerity 2.0’ showdown
Delegates to vote on government’s cruel cut to winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners
A People's Assembly rally outside the ACC Arena, Liverpool, September 22, 2024

LABOUR is set for a conference showdown over austerity on Monday as delegates prepare to vote on the government’s cruel cut to the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, who will move the critical motion, warned today of Labour introducing “austerity 2.0.”

Labour’s affiliated unions are under pressure to vote against the government on the controversial cut, which Fire Brigades Union leader Matt Wrack called “politically inept.”

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