Ed Miliband defends winter fuel payment U-turn

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves' original decision to cut winter fuel payments and the subsequent partial U-turn. He told the BBC the chancellor would not apologise for withdrawing the payment from more than 10 million pensioners last year, arguing that she had to take measures to stabilise the economy. He said the decisions she had taken last year had created "room for…