Tag: pensioners
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Stormont must immediately extend Labour’s winter fuel U-turn to pensioners in Northern Ireland
Responding to the UK government’s decision to partially reverse the cut in winter fuel payments, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Commonsense has finally prevailed as the winter fuel cut is reversed for most pensioners in England and Wales. We now need to see this reversed in Northern Ireland and Scotland. We are calling for…
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Campaign to restore Winter fuel payment for all pensioners launched on steps to Stormont
At today’s National Pensioners Convention rally at Stormont, speaker after speaker assailed both the Labour government for ending the winter fuel payment and the Stormont executive for meekly enforcing the policy in Northern Ireland. Unite’s speakers committed the union to campaign to reverse the policy and highlighted the cruel impact it will have on pensioners…