Politics

It's a claim going around on social media ahead of today's Commons vote on winter fuel payments.
"Going to war with pensioners was always going to be a gamble and so far it doesn’t look like it is paying off."
The former president reportedly "laughed a deflated kind of laugh" in the uncomfortable exchange.
An overcrowding crisis means Labour had to look for a quick fix before the UK ran out of spaces altogether.
Richard Burgon said he cannot support the government's plan to axe the payment from millions of old people.
The smear is just the latest in Trump and Vance’s "mass deportation" agenda.
“An extreme and unhinged Donald Trump is further ratcheting up his dangerous threats of revenge and retribution,” the Harris campaign said.
And almost a fifth say they will have to eat less this winter, according to research from the Liberal Democrats.
According to a think tank, the savings from the winter fuel payments could be overshadowed by the heightened pension credit costs.