Pensioners protest loss of winter fuel payment
Pensioners protest cuts to winter fuel payments
Pensioners have held a protest against the government's decision to cut winter fuel payments outside an MP’s office in South Yorkshire. Demonstrators held signs outside the Dinnington office of Jake Richards, the Labour MP for Rother Valley, who supported the government in a parliamentary vote on the issue.
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