Labour didn't pledge to protect winter fuel allowance in manifesto, claims Claire Coutinho

The shadow energy secretary claims Labour must have had conversations about changing the winter fuel payment before coming to power as "they didn't pledge to protect it in their manifesto". Claire Coutinho told Sky's Kay Burley that Labour pledged to "protect the winter fuel payment in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019 but not this time". She added: "This idea that they just came in and then decided to do it doesn't stack up." Ms Coutinho was also asked about the criticism her government received from the Grenfell inquiry, saying "there were "failures across the board and it wasn't any sort of one person or one government." Latest updates: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-keir-starmer-labour-conservative-leadership-contest-12593360 #politics #grenfelltower #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com/ and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/result?ytch=UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

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