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Winter fuel payments won’t be reinstated for all in a blow to millions

The chancellor confirms the changes to payments will be implemented by this winter, but the government will not provide details of how it will be paid for until October

The Independent UK

More pensioners will receive winter fuel payments

Pensions minister Torsten Bell said payments will not be universal, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said changes will be in place for this winter.

The Independent UK

No prospect of universal winter fuel payment, says pensions minister

Torsten Bell said he thinks most people agree ‘it’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires’.

Evening Standard

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Fact check: Pension spending, ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge and viral Gaza claim

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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Labour dubbed ‘nasty party’ as it rejects call for winter fuel payments apology

A Conservative motion seeking further data on the impact of the cut was defeated in the Commons.

Evening Standard

Tories attempt to get Government to apologise over winter fuel payment cuts

Conservative shadow minister Helen Whatley said pensioners were having to choose between ‘heating and eating’.

Evening Standard

Who is Torsten Bell? The DWP minister who admitted he can't live on £70 per week

TORSTEN Bell is the Labour MP for Swansea West and the Minister for Pensions in the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Labour minister's disability cuts defence branded 'abhorrent' by own colleague

A LABOUR minister’s attempt to defend the UK Government’s swingeing cuts to disability benefits has been branded “abhorrent” by one of his…

The National (Scotland)

Minister defending Labour’s £5bn benefits cuts admits he couldn’t live on £70 a week

Hitting back at left-wing Labour critics of the government, Torsten Bell accuses them of ‘defending a Tory system’

The Independent UK

Ministers face Labour pressure to establish Waspi compensation scheme

MPs from the Government back benches and opposition parties offered their support for an e-petition pressing for compensation.

Evening Standard

Labour MP: VAT charge on private schools could make elitist system more elitist

Rupa Huq argued the amount of VAT imposed on private schools should be based on turnover, to prevent smaller schools getting ‘caught in this trap’.

The Independent UK

Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister

Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

The Guardian - UK

Earnings trigger for automatic enrolment into a pension will remain at £10,000

Freezing the thresholds provides stability but is a missed opportunity to drive higher contributions, wealth manager Quilter said.

Evening Standard

Government confirms amount at which automatic enrolment into pension triggered

Freezing thresholds called a missed opportunity to drive higher contributions

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Who is Torsten Bell? The new pensions minister pegged as Britain's future chancellor

From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister

The Guardian - UK

I didn’t mind my unusual first name – until I found out it could cost me dearly

Research shows that those with easier to pronounce names are more successful in the workplace

The Conversation

Torsten Bell is Labour’s rising star. He could now be on a collision course over its economic policy

The Labour MP Torsten Bell is widely considered to be a rising star of the party. His recent book, Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back, provides a detailed description of what he sees as the key economic challenges facing the UK today and proposes a series of policy…

The Guardian - UK

If you build hospitals, roads and railways, growth will follow

Public investment projects bring the short-term benefits of job creation, but their long-term effects are far more beneficial

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The Independent UK

Keir Starmer under fresh pressure to lift two-child benefit cap in October

The prime minister is facing renewed calls to scrap the austerity-era policy after a senior party figure suggested it would not be removed by chancellor Rachel Reeves in the statement this autumn

The Independent UK

Labour will not scrap two-child benefit cap in October, senior figure warns

Senior Labour figure Torsten Bell predicted the measure would not be repealed in the 30 October statement

The Guardian - UK

Labour will fail in government if it does not reduce inequality, says new MP

Torsten Bell’s comments come as party leadership has become embroiled in a row over the two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

Labour told it will need to defeat ‘net-zero nimbys’ to decarbonise Britain

Opposition in wealthier areas is likely and overcoming it is essential, says Resolution Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Big brains and glittering careers: five fresh Labour MPs to watch

Labour’s new brood includes an economist whose family fled from Liberia, Westminster insiders and a former soldier

The Guardian - UK

Great Britain? by Torsten Bell – why Labour must move fast and fix things

The influential policy wonk and new MP for Swansea West sets out how the government can show it means business

The Guardian - UK

Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell review – a roadmap to the new normal

The economist and Labour candidate for Swansea West offers a hopeful vision of the nation’s future – spurning leftwing utopianism as well as tackling 14 years of creeping decline

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