Labour hopes to put winter fuel misstep behind them
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Garsington man pleads guilty to manslaughter of pensioner
Daniel Gonzalez was charged in connection with the death of Matias Gonzalez. The 41-year-old appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Monday. He is due to be sentenced on 13 June.
Daniel Gonzalez, from Oxford Road in Garsington, Oxfordshire, was charged in connection with the death of Matias Gonzalez.
He died a property in Garsington shortly after 22:00 GMT on 15 December.
The 41-year-old appeared earlier at Oxford Crown Court on Monday and remains in custody. He is due to be sentenced on 13 June.
Warning after three deaths in Plymouth linked to blue pills
Plymouth City Council has issued a public health warning following the deaths. The incidents are believed to be linked to blue pills being sold illegally as Valium.
Devon and Cornwall Police said two men aged in their 20s and 30s were pronounced dead at an address in Welbeck Avenue on Saturday and a third man, aged in his 30s, was found dead in a property on North Road East the following day.
Det Insp Michelle Dunn said all three deaths were believed to be drugs-related and were being treated as linked and unexplained.
Plymouth City Council has issued a public health warning following the deaths, saying the incidents are believed to be linked to blue pills being sold illegally as Valium, in blister packs with Arabic writing on them.
Labour hopes to put winter fuel misstep behind them
Rachel Reeves limited the payment to only those pensioners in receipt of pension credit or other means-tested benefits – around 1.5 million – saving up to £1.5bn a year. The issue sat like a giant toad on the political news agenda all summer, hundreds of newly elected Labour MPs deluged with complaints.
Rachel Reeves limited the payment to only those pensioners in receipt of pension credit or other means-tested benefits – around 1.5 million – saving up to £1.5bn a year.
The arc of this row runs to almost a year. It was late July last year when I was among a bunch of reporters called into the Treasury to question the then new chancellor about her out-of-the-blue policy to take the Winter Fuel Payment from millions of pensioners.
The final act in this slow motion U-turn has played out.
Ever since Labour MPs have grumbled they’ve been taking heat for it.
The issue sat like a giant toad on the political news agenda all summer, hundreds of those newly elected Labour MPs deluged with complaints.
And it never really went away.
At the local elections in England and the parliamentary by-election in Runcorn in Cheshire last month, it came up repeatedly on the doorstep.
Then we got the U turn, in three parts.
Two-and-a-half weeks ago, the prime minister said the threshold would be moving.
Last week, the chancellor said the new recipients would get it this coming winter.
We now know who will qualify and who will have to pay it back.
A couple of thoughts: could the government have done this in the first place?
Some privately say: absolutely.
Others say there was genuinely real concern in the Treasury about the state of the books and they felt compelled to do something to reduce so-called in year costs.
Daniel Anjorin murder accused slashed man and smiled, court told
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Appeal for witnesses after men injured in crash in Bideford
Police appeal for witnesses after single-vehicle crash in North Devon. Two men in their 20s were taken to hospital and one sustained potential life-changing injuries.
Devon and Cornwall Pollice attended the scene on the B3233 near Instow, Bideford at about 10:50 BST on 6 June.
Police said the collision involved a grey VW Golf GTI which collided with a tree.
Two men in their 20s were subsequently taken to hospital and one of them sustained potential life-changing injuries.