There was a sting in the tail of the Readers’ Letters page of the Sunday Post, Scotland’s favourite newspaper. A reader recalled that when in Opposition, the Labour party calculated that ending the winter fuel allowance for pensioners would result in the premature death of 4,000 of them.
[I assume Labour did this because they were hoping to use their conclusion to club the Tories if they could pretend that ending the WFA was Tory policy.]
Now in Government, the reader added, Chancellor Reeves looks to be on course to double that 4,000 figure before this winter has done with us.
There’s something cheerful for anyone who’s old or infirm to dwell on. not.
Monday, 13 January 2025
Life is cheap to this government
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