Nigel Farage said he will not vote for Labour’s plan to scrap winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners as he labelled the move by Rachel Reeves as “cynical” and “cruel”. 

The Reform leader said the decision to restrict the payments to people already claiming means-tested benefits suggested Labour did not care about pensioners. 

The MP told GB News: “I have to say I think it’s rather a cruel thing to do, and I certainly won’t be voting for it as and when I get the opportunity.

“There were times in the past where maybe the argument was that it wasn’t necessary and it had been given as a bribe. But it’s almost like Labour are saying, ‘well, we don’t care about the pensioners, because they’re not going to vote for us anyway’.

“That money that could have gone to pensioners has gone for massive public sector pay rises, including over 22 per cent for junior doctors. This is a very cynical thing she did.”

The decision to scrap the payments was one of a number of cost-cutting measures unveiled by the Chancellor earlier this week to help fill a £22 billion black hole in the public finances which she claimed the Tories had left behind.

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