Mark Pritchard

Mark Pritchard

Conservative — The Wrekin

Speaking in the House of Commons on 19 March 2025

Debate

Winter Fuel Payment

Contribution

Does the Minister agree with the Resolution Foundation, which I think he knows very well, and its enlightening paper “Public Pivot” from January this year, which talks about big implications for living standards? He may well know that document, although he did not actually write that one, for a change. It mentions the winter fuel allowance and states: “Tax rises on top of lacklustre economic growth make for a gloomy living standards outlook in 2025.” Is there not a direct correlation between living standards and this cruel cut to the most vulnerable in our society, whether in Swansea West or in the Wrekin in Shropshire?

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