PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer was told to come clean on the cruel consequences of callous cuts today after MPs voted through the axing of winter fuel help for 10 million pensioners.

Downing Street was accused of concealing the impact of the decision by refusing to release official estimates of the extra deaths anticipated this winter.

The last time the government considered means testing the winter fuel allowance, in 2017, Labour had published figures indicating that nearly 4,000 older people would die as a direct result.