Labour will always listen to you

We got there in the end. The restoration of the Winter Fuel Allowance for the vast majority of pensioners was the right thing to do.

- BY WEST SCOTLAND MSP NEIL BIBBY

To remove it for millionaires and keep it for the poorest was correct.

But to remove it from those on modest and middle incomes was a mistake. Put simply, the eligibility threshold was too low.

While the announcement from the UK Labour government is for England and Wales, this is good news for Paisley pensioners as the SNP will have no choice but to follow suit in Scotland.

I know the pain this has caused. But here is the difference between my party and the SNP.

They enjoyed that pain as a political opportunity rather than using the resources they have to relieve it.

We made a mistake, listened and U-turned. The SNP enjoyed the pain and sought to exploit it.

The restoration on the Winter Fuel Payment tells us two things.