The Chancellor was also seeking to lift economic hopes in her speech to Labour’s conference after warning of tough choices ahead

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a winter fuel payments protest by a major union which threatens to overshadow Labour's conference today. Scores of retired members of Unite will stage the demonstration outside the conference centre in Liverpool at lunchtime against the allowance cut.

Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy. 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.

Furious trade unions demanded answers from Labour this morning after party officials were accused of deliberately ducking a vote on the end of universal Winter Fuel Credit. Unite the Union and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were left angry when a motion calling for the Government to U-turn on its decision was not selected to be voted on at

Unite is set to force a vote in Liverpool tomorrow to reverse the government's decision to scrap the winter fuel payment

Unite union boss steps up call for Labour to reverse winter fuel allowance cut - Sharon Graham has described the policy as ‘cruel’.