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Union leader tells TUC she is ‘ashamed’ of Labour after winter fuel payment vote
An elderly lady with her electric fire on at home in Liverpool

LABOUR MPs who voted to cut winter fuel payments to 10 million pensioners were criticised at TUC Congress today.

A motion at the Congress in Brighton calling for major welfare reforms was passed after the government defeated Tuesday’s Commons vote on blocking the cut.

Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis called on the government to set up a Universal Credit taskforce for “not just small tweaks around the edges but to make real and lasting change.”

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