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Vote calling on ministers to reverse cuts came after union leader said UK needed investment, ‘not austerity mark II’
The Labour leadership has lost a highly anticipated motion at the party’s conference that called on ministers to reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments.
The defeat will come as a blow to Downing Street, as the prime minister and his ministerial team repeatedly said throughout the party conference that the move demonstrated they could be trusted with taxpayers’ money.
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