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‘Elderly people are going to die,’ Starmer warned as fears mount over winter fuel cuts BBC

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00:00You just play this from Maxine who's on the show earlier.
00:02We just can't keep warm. People are going to die. Elderly people are literally going to die.
00:07How's he going to live with that? Is he going to have the courage
00:12to back down from a terrible decision?
00:15She's wearing extra layers. She can't put the heating on this week,
00:18despite the cold weather, because of your decision to withdraw her winter fuel payment.
00:23Well, every, um, pensioner is entitled to pay.
00:28She won't be pensionable until she's 67, so she's not entitled to pension credit.
00:34Well, um, in which case there's the, um, warm homes, um, discount for people who,
00:40um, need that support, and I'd happily make that available to your
00:43programme so that people can get access to it.

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