Quote Originally Posted by SithHappens View Post
It's true we mere mortals have no idea who is telling the truth, the previous government say they are, the new government say they are

I would guess the truth is somewhere in between.

What concerns me is the speed Reeves announced it was being cut. It was less than a month into the new government's term, I'm just not convinced you can do a full assessment of the countries finances and then carry out a full analysis of the spend and fall upon winter fuel allowance as the 1st thing that has to go within those timescales.

She claimed she didn't want to do it but is on record previously saying she would make it means tested, it does appear she was looking for a reason to do this.
Od course it should be means tested. But to use the black hole excuse for the blanket ban, doesn't add up.
It comes across more as vindictive, when you consider so many other places 1,8 billion could be shaved off.