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Lucy Powell: No plan to reverse scrapping winter fuel payments

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80% Informative

10 million pensioners not receiving pension credit will lose the payment of up to 300 from mid-September .

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has blamed a 22bn "black hole" in public finances for the move.

Lucy Powell warns there could have been a "run on the pound" had the government not taken action on public finances.

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82

Informative language

81

Neutral language

61

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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