Angela Rayner 'calls for migrant benefits to be slashed'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : And Jon Trickett said the winter fuel cuts were 'a major error' and 'ought to be reversed in total now'. Ms Rayner wrote to the Chancellor in March, ahead of the Spring Statement, proposing eight tax increases, The Daily Telegraph revealed yesterday.
57% : Her controversial decision to means test winter fuel payments was widely blamed for the party's disastrous performance at the local elections and Runcorn and Helsby by-election on May 1. Ms Rayner even said Labour should raise the fee migrants pay to use the NHS, in policies she and her team claimed were 'contentious' but still 'worthy of consideration' Kemi Badenoch taunted Sir Keir, pictured, that his deputy was 'on manoeuvres' and 'calling the shots' on the economy Read More Reeves' triple blow: PM U-turns on winter fuel, inflation soars - and Rayner's attack on tax policy Sir Keir yesterday pledged to widen eligibility for the payments, which are worth up to £300.

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