Editor's view: Could winter fuel cut be the tip of the iceberg for Labour backlash?

The editor’s Friday Night Takeaway from 20 September

Jen Frost
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The Autumn Budget (30 October) is creeping ever closer, and AJ head of investment analysis Laith Khalaf’s words in a recent PA op-ed make for potentially chilling reading.

"It does make political sense for Labour to get the really unpopular and controversial policies out of the way now, while they can still lay the blame on the legacy left by their predecessors," Khalaf wrote. Labour has been in power for less than three months, but it has already stoked the fires of controversy with its pensioners' winter fuel payment cut. A £10bn Bank of England budget boost this week added to heated debate as campaigners piled on the pressure for a rethink. The matter is already boiling over into what could be an embarrassing showdown, with The Guardian reporting tha...

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