Union boss Sharon Graham has heavily criticised the government’s decision to means-test the winter fuel payment for pensioners.
Speaking from the Trades Union Congress conference in Brighton, she labelled the decision "totally and utterly wrong", adding: "People cannot understand, they’re grappling to understand how a Labour government could choose to pick the pocket of pensioners at the same time as leaving, for example, the 50 richest families in Britain… worth £500bn.
"How could you justify picking the pockets of pensioners at the same time you’re leaving the extremely wealthy, the extremely wealthy, totally untouched?"
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