Voters laugh off the reason for PM's winter fuel U-turn

SCRAPPING universal entitlement to the winter fuel allowance made the PM look bad - but he appears “even worse” by going back on the decision, according to unimpressed voters.

- By David Williamson

Sir Keir Starmer's claim that the Government can afford to restore entitlement to more people because the economy is improving “provoked laughter” among groups brought together by pollster Lord Ashcroft.

The Tory peer said one voter asked: “How have we gone from ‘there’s a £22billion black hole’ to ‘things are improving?”