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I vote on the scrapping of the Winter Fuel Allowance for pensioners who do not receive Pension Credit has been taking place on the Floor And Alex forsyth has been watching. I believe the motion has been Carried. Watching. I believe the motion has been Carried. Yes, this was a motion has been Carried. Yes, this was a Motion Put has been Carried. Yes, this was a Motion Put forward has been Carried. Yes, this was a Motion Put forward by has been Carried. Yes, this was a Motion Put forward by the a Motion Put forward by The Union unite primarily which said the government should effectively reverse that cut to the Winter Fuel Payment. This is not binding on the government. It does not mean the government has changed its position. It is a measure of the mood here at the Party Conference. Was a vote on that on the Conference Floorjust conference. Was a vote on that on the Conference Floor just a moment or so ago, i was watching it, people put up their hands of the support of that, put up their hands as they didnt, the motion was Carried which means that the conference has sent a message to government that they do not conference has sent a message to government that they do not support the cuts to the Winter Support the cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment. There has been fuel payment. There has been some conversation on the some conversation on the quadrant stage, a procedural quadrant stage, a procedural conversation about whether or conversation about whether or not that vote was Carried but not that vote was Carried but at the moment the message is at the moment the message is that it was. The message from that it was. The message from the delegates, the party the delegates, the party members, the activist, they did members, the activist, they did not support the government not support the government because my position with that because my position with that country Winter Fuel Payments country Winter Fuel Payments for millions of pensioners. For millions of pensioners. That has been an issue that has that has been an issue that has been bubbling around at this been bubbling around at this conference all the way through conference all the way through for the last few days. And the for the last few days. And the conference closes officially at 12 oclock, so in the next ten minutes or so, one of the final acts that we have seen at conferences a message from the Labour Party members from the Labour Party members from the Labour Party members from the labour Party Conference to the government that they do not support the cut to the Winter Fuel Payment. We know the Gar Argument ministers have been making for this, there is black the public finances, they had no choice, we heard from the work and Pensions Secretary who said in her speech to conference one hour on the government, we binding on the government, we should be clear about that. It is going to signify the feeling of many people here in the Labour Party about this early decision that the government has taken. It is worth saying we have had this Address Head on by senior Labour Party figures during the course of this conference. We had the chancellor saying it was the right choice given the economic picture she claims the inherited although it is worsening the conservative dispute the governments claims about the public finances. We heard from Keir Starmer and his Conference Speech Yesterday when he said he was prepared to be unpopular and take unpopular decisions. As i say, we have the work and Pensions Secretary saying they didnt want to make the decision but they had no choice. When you talk to people here, they are concerned, they are concerned about the impact on some of the poorest pensioners, not those on pensioners, not those on Pension Credit who will still be eligible to get the Winter Fuel Payment, but those who sit just above the threshold. People saying they are worried about the impact this decision will have on those, and from a political perspective, i think there is a concern about what this does to public perception of the early choices that are still relatively new government is making. Still relatively new government is makinu. Still relatively new government is making still relatively new government is makinu. ,. , is making. The government, as ou have is making. The government, as you have said. Is making. The government, as you have said, is is making. The government, as you have said, is resolute. You have said, is resolute. They have to do this because of the state of the finances that they have found when they took power, the conservative hotly dispute that figure of £22 billion Black Hole. A sensor might be a softening of theirs, a tapering of how this is decided rather than a black or white, you get this Winter Fuel Allowance or you dont . Allowance or you dont . There is no Sign Allowance or you dont . There is no sign of allowance or you dont . There is no sign of that allowance or you dont . There is no sign of that from is no sign of that from government. Instead, they are pointing to things like the increase in the Pensioner Couple locked which means they will get more money, and other schemes like Hardship Funds that are handed out to local authorities that have been extended. Beyond that, there is no signal they are going to move or indeed even mitigate. I was talking to a Labour Mp in the last few days who has been pushing the government to move on this. She said you will continue the pressure if not for a full reversal of this policy, to mitigate it or look whether or not the threshold at which people start to receive or not receive this payment can be moved. It is worth saying, this conversation about whether or not everybody should get this Winter Fuel Payment has been going on for a number of years. Have been previous administrations that flirted with the idea of withdrawing it as a universal payment for everybody. You know, the way that the government has done that the government has done thatis that the government has done that is what has caused consternation. I mention to you it was unite The Union who led the charge unless a conference. It was there motion that the conference voted to support for a reversal so that cuts in the Winter Fuel Payment. And the General Secretary of unite The Union was addressing the Conference Hall and the lads have in our arsenal. I think we can have a listen to what she said. Labourl can have a listen to what she said. Labour i dont think people do not understand. I do not understand. How a new labour not understand. How a new Labour Government can cap the Fuel Allowance for pensioners and leaves the super rich untouched. This is not what people untouched. This is not what people voted for. It is the wrong people voted for. It is the wrong decision and it needs to be reversed. We are the sixth richest be reversed. We are the sixth richest economy in the world. We have richest economy in the world. We have the money. Britain needs we have the money. Britain needs investment, not Austerity Macho needs investment, not Austerity Macho. ,. Needs investment, not Austerity Macho. , macho. That was a General Secretary macho. That was a General Secretary of macho. That was a General Secretary of unite macho. That was a General Secretary of unite the macho. That was a Generall Secretary of unite The Union addressing the Conference Hall in the plotting moment of this labour Party Conference in liverpool, talking about the Winter Fuel Payment, and there was a lot of support for what highest price. Applause � support for what she was saying to support the was a lot of support for what she was saying to support the motion saying the Government Motion saying the government should reverse the cut, to be should reverse the cut, to be clear, not a clear, not a should reverse the cut, to be clear, Nota Binding should reverse the cut, to be clear, not a binding vote, and should reverse the cut, to be clear, Nota Binding should reverse the cut, to be clear, not a binding vote, and as i said, we have heard from as i said, we have heard from ministers that they are not ministers that they are not going to budge. It was going to budge. Something they work and Pensions Secretary take Head On something they work and Pensions Secretary take Head On and her speech to this and her speech to this conference just one hour ago. Conference just one hour ago. Lets have a listen to what she lets have what she lets have a listen to what she said. , ~ said. , ~ said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments on said. Focusing Winter Fuel said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments on said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments on the payments on the said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments on the purest i said. Focusing Winter Fuel Payments on the purest i payments on the purest pensioners was not a decision payments on the purest pensioners was not a decision we wanted or expected to make. We wanted or expected to make. When we promised we could be when we promised we could be applause � support trusted with taxpayers money, trusted with taxpayers money, we meant it. When we were faced we meant it. When we were faced with the £22 billion Black Hole with the £22 billion Black Hole which the tories left this which the tories left this year, we had to act. Because we year, we had to act. Because we know what happened when liz know what happened when Liz Truss played Fast And Loose truss played Fast And Loose with public finances. It was with public finances. It was working people and pensioners working people and pensioners on fixed incomes who paid the on fixed incomes who paid the highest price. Highest price. Applause that is why we took what i know is a difficult decision. But let me tell you, this Labour Government has done more to help the poorest pensioners in the last two months than the tory said in ia years. The in the last two months than the tory said in 14 years. Tory said in 14 years. The work and Pensions Tory said in 14 years. The work and Pensions Secretary tory said in 14 years. The work i and Pensions Secretary speaking in the last hour. More widely, as the labour Party Conference enters its final minutes, i wonder, they were so much criticism of the government before this began about having brought in far too much doom and gloom, particularly the speech in the rose garden. Has there been a balance struck between bleakness and optimism . Lets pull back as the conference come to a close, the people are fanning out behind me. What this Labour Party has tried to do during the conferences tell the story to the public, the overriding message is trying to explain why the government is doing what it from the south west, pushing north eastwards, as we go through the rest of the day, with cloud developing ahead of them. For northern ireland, Northern England before The Cloud arrives in scotland, there are a few showers but bright skies, and also across Northern Scotland a chilly northerly wind, with temperatures here, ten to 11 degrees, but generally we are looking at 13 to about 16 degrees. Into this evening and overnight, Ourfirst Band of rain pushes northwards, and then another one comes in from the south west, this one too pretty lively. You could hear a little grumble of thunder coming from that. Where we have clear skies and sheltered glens, tonight temperatures could fall away to three or four degrees, but most of us will be in high single figures or low double figures. Tomorrow our bands of rain merge, slow moving as well, and they are moving over areas where the ground is already saturated. Now to the south of this, we are looking at a return to bright spells of sunshine and showers, and to the north of it, still that cold wind, a few showers and drier. Temperatures 11 to about 17 degrees. And it is after that you will notice a change in the temperature, as the cold air, this northerly wind filters across the country, so temperatures will be lower, and then when you add on the Wind Chill it will feel pretty nippy, and the rain itself will take its time to pull away from the south, particularly the south East And East anglia. Behind it a lot of dry weather and a few showers, some could be wintry on the highest peaks of the grampians for example. Temperatures nine to about 1a or 15 degrees, so temperatures below average for this Time Out of year. Then moving on, into the weekend, it does turn colder, it will be largely dry, though there will be some rain at times on saturday in the north west, and then we have the risk of the wet and windy weather at the end of the weekend. Live from beirut, this is bbc news. Hezbollah launches a ballistic missile towards Tel AvivIsraels Army confirms its the first time the group has targeted the city. 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