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Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for Wednesday, the 7th of May.

Coming up, the Prime Minister faces new calls for a rethink on cutting pensioners' winter fuel payments.

Pensioners are poorer and colder because of his decisions.

But the Prime Minister reckons only he is prepared to make the tough coals.

No other party in this House is prepared to say how they would put the finances straight.

Also, fears of escalating aggression between India and Pakistan.

There's someone with Indian heritage born in India whose parents were born in Pakistan.

I know only too well, neither nation will take a backward step.

And alarm at President Trump's threat to put 100% tariffs on the British film industry.

Mind you?

It's not remotely clear yet how these tariffs would actually operate

and many have said that they are unworkable.

But first, the Prime Minister has defended his decision last year

to end the winter fuel payment for most pensioners.

A group of around 45 Labour MPs in the north and

Midlands of England have urged the government to rethink the policy and it was reportedly a big

issue with voters ahead of last week's English local elections where the party lost around two-thirds

of the council seats it was defending. At Prime Minister's questions,

Kemi Badernock made no reference to the elections,

which saw big losses for the Conservatives too,

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