South Wales Central MS and Former Welsh Conservative Leader Andrew RT Davies has criticised Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves following today’s news that GDP shrank by 0.3% in April, just days after she claimed Winter Fuel Payments were reinstated thanks to an improving economy.
Mr Davies said the news exposed Labour’s cynicism, proving the decisions to scrap and then reinstate the payments were motivated by politics, not economics.
Mr Davies said:
“Earlier this week, Rachel Reeves ludicrously tried to claim she would reinstate Winter Fuel Payments thanks to an improving economy – just days later, our economy shrank.
“This proves what we all knew – scrapping Winter Fuel Payments was not motivated by economics – it was a foolish move to attempt to look tough, targeting vulnerable pensioners in the process.
“Following a backlash, Labour has u-turned – but they don’t even have the decency to admit they got it wrong. Pensioners will not forgive and forget this betrayal.”
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