Sir Keir Starmer has seen off a backbench rebellion over plans to cut the winter fuel allowance but the Government's majority fell to 120.MPs voted 348 to 228 to axe the payment for all but the country's poorest pensioners, rejecting a Tory bid for the controversial policy to be blocked.

Sir Keir Starmer has seen off a backbench rebellion over plans to cut the winter fuel allowance but the Government's majority fell to 120.MPs voted 348 to 228 to axe the payment for all but the country's poorest pensioners, rejecting a Tory bid for the controversial policy to be blocked.