A vote on reversing the cut had been expected to take place on Monday but could now be pushed back to Wednesday.

Furious trade unions demanded answers from Labour this morning after party officials were accused of deliberately ducking a vote on the end of universal Winter Fuel Credit. Unite the Union and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were left angry when a motion calling for the Government to U-turn on its decision was not selected to be voted on at

Unite is set to force a vote in Liverpool tomorrow to reverse the government's decision to scrap the winter fuel payment

Labour has delayed a potentially humiliating vote on winter fuel payment cuts at the party's conference. A motion put forward by trade unions urging the Government to U-turn on the policy to restrict the allowance to only the poorest pensioners was due to take place today at the gathering in Liverpool.

Unite union boss steps up call for Labour to reverse winter fuel allowance cut - Sharon Graham has described the policy as ‘cruel’.