Scotsman Westminster correspondent Alexander Brown on the winter fuel vote

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00:00Hello, my name is Alexander Brown. I'm the Scotsman's Westminster Correspondent and I'm

00:04just out of the chamber into a very wet and rather windy Westminster, where MPs have voted

00:09against annulling Labour's plans to means test the winter fuel payment. MPs voted by

00:14348 to 228 on the Tory-led motion brought by Mel Stride, with the government winning

00:20with a majority of 120. However, with there being 403 Labour MPs, that means just 53 Labour

00:28MPs failed to vote against it, with only one, actually, John Trickett, voting against

00:33the controversial policy. Earlier in the day, Tory MPs opposed outside Parliament just here,

00:38with signs opposing the cut, which is pretty remarkable, given it was in their 2017 party

00:44manifesto and Kemi Badnok had previously written while she supports it. However, with just

00:49one Labour MP voting against it, and only a few of the left abstaining, it suggests

00:54remains absolute as we approach conference season. For more, stay tuned to thescotsman.com

01:00and if you're about, remember to pick up a paper.