Wishaw’s MSP has branded her Westminster counterpart “spineless” for voting in favour of cutting the Winter Fuel Payment.The vote followed calls from across the political spectrum and third sector organisations to u-turn on the decision – which is set to see almost 900,000 pensioners across Scotland lose up to £300 in support this winter.Every Labour MP who voted, bar one, backed the decision to cut the support payment to millions of pensioners across the UK, including Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP Pamela Nash.The town’s MSP, Clare Adamson of the SNP said: “Labour MPs were elected on the promise of change, but, instead, a spineless contingent of Scottish Labour MPs have put party before pensioners.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Where is he now?“Keir Starmer’s party willingly signed up to Tory fiscal rules before the election and now Scottish pensioners – people in my Motherwell and Wishaw constituency – are paying the price.“Every single SNP MP voted against these cuts, and we will continue to stand against Westminster imposed inequality.“There are pensioners who are just above the threshold under these proposals.
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