Winter Fuel Payment cuts see Scottish Labour slump to fifth place among older voters

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Scottish Labour has slumped to fifth place among older voters in the wake of the UK Government’s Winter Fuel Payment cuts. A new poll has found Anas Sarwar’s party on 11% among pensioners and trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform.Labour in Scotland romped to success at the general election after years in the political doldrums.

But a new Survation poll found them trailing the SNP in Holyrood voting intentions, with the Nationalists projected to win 53 seats and Labour 24.Drilling down into figures reveals huge disparities in support for Labour by age.

On the constituency vote, Labour polled 30% in relation to 44-54 year olds, 21% for the 55-64 group and 15% for the 65+ bracket.On the regional lists, Labour fell from 27% to 11% across the same age cohorts.

Labour is in fifth place among this older tier of voters, behind the SNP, Tories, Reform and the Lib Dems.Scottish Labour sources blame the poor polling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to strip millions of pensioners of their WFP.