Major trade unions are lining up to back motion to reverse chancellor’s decision to cut pensioners’ fuel allowance

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No 10 is braced for a potential defeat on a Labour conference vote to condemn cuts to the winter fuel allowance, as major trade unions lined up to back the motion to reverse Rachel Reeves’s decision.

Led by Unite and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), trade unions are expected to force a debate and vote at conference later this week to condemn the decision to axe the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest pensioners. Unison and the GMB are understood to be likely to back a motion if a form of words can be agreed.