Our political correspondent Hannah Miller reports. Were going to have to take the Tough Decisions and take them early. Things will get worse before they get better. So weve had to take Tough Decisions to stabilise the economy. Its already a familiar Refrain Keir Starmer saying hes going to make choices that seem uncomfortable in order to change the country. Top of the list of difficult decisions, targeting the Winter Fuel Payment at only the poorest pensioners. That is not easy, and no Prime Minister wants to take a decision like this, but the Winter Fuel Payments are now to be targeted, they were untargeted before, and i think everybody thought that wasnt a particularly good system. This year, around 10 Million pensioners in england and wales will no longer receive the allowance of up to £300, which the treasury suggests will save around 1. 4 billion. But at their conference in brighton, some Union Leaders are calling for the government to change course. To do this on the Winter Fuel
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Scotland and yet another band of rain making its way southwards. Some uncertainty as to exactly where that is going to sit but whether wherever it falls, salt and saturated ground. It looks like temperatures are going to rise well above the average as we go towards the middle part of the week. Perhaps speaking on thursday, 16 and 17 if we see some sunshine but as you can see from the chart behind me, it is going to stay quite saturated and unsettled. Thanks, helen. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Coming up shortly the 6th round draw for rugby leagues Challenge Cup. Featherstone came through the weekend and the mud to take their place in the last 16. Also in the draw are the first winners of that famous trophy, Batley Bulldogs and well be live with the holders leigh leopards. A with the holders leigh leopards. Great weekend
leaders, but each hold huge potential to shape the trajectory of the war in ukraine. at the g7 summit, in the japanese city of hiroshima, presidentjoe biden told leaders the us was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighter jets. some details remain unclear, like who would supply the jets, and how many pilots would be trained. britain, the netherlands, belgium and denmark have expressed support for the plans. president zelensky welcomed the move, and said it would greatly enhance the ukrainian army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of the decision at the g7 summit in hiroshima . that is what he tweeted. president zelensky is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima in the coming days, where its expected he ll address leaders, and hold a meeting with us president, joe biden. but on friday, he was in saudia arabia for an arab league summit. of those present, only syria has openly supported the russian invasion. others have s