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Starmer Confirms U-TURN On Winter Fuel Cuts

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News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8577 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer has confirmed that he will u-turn on Labour’s unpopular decision to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners.

Plus: Donald Trump has announced plans for a “golden dome” air defence system for the US.

With Michael Walker, No JusticeMTG and Mark Blyth.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:11.6

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0:17.8

Welcome to Navaralife. I'm Michael Walker. And this evening, I'm joined by Helena, aka No Justice MTG.

0:24.6

Thanks so much for joining me this evening.

0:27.2

Always a pleasure to be joining you. I'm looking forward to the show tonight.

0:30.8

Coming up on the show, British doctors and surgeons working in Gaza, I've given some powerful

0:36.1

testimonies on conditions in this strip.

0:39.5

We have an interview with Mark Blythe, International Economic Professor and author of Inflation,

0:43.6

a guide for users and losers. And Donald Trump has announced plans for an Iron Dome-style

0:49.3

air defense system for the US, dubbed the Golden Dome. One man seems like he could profit incredibly

0:58.4

from this plan, see if you can guess who. Stay tuned for all of that. As ever, if you'd like

1:04.1

to support our work, you can sign up at Navaramedia.com forward slash support, straight into our

1:08.9

first story. British Prime Minister Kirstama doesn't have

1:12.8

many talents, but there's one thing he excels at, U-turns. And today in Prime Minister's

1:17.8

questions, he did another one. I recognise that people are still feeling the pressure of the cost

1:23.9

of living crisis, including pensioners. And as the economy improves, we want to make

1:29.0

sure people feel those improvements in their days as their lives go forward. And that is why

1:35.5

we want to ensure that as we go forward, more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments.

1:43.0

As you would expect, Mr. Speaker, we will only make decisions we can afford.

1:47.6

That is why we will look at that as part of a fiscal event.

1:52.7

We will look at that as part of a fiscal event, again, inspiring stuff.

1:56.5

Of course, that was one in star much better U-turned.

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