People very frustrated by winter fuel cuts – Morgan

Eluned Morgan has again urged the UK Labour government to rethink cuts to winter fuel payments, saying people were "very frustrated" by the policy.

The first minister told the BBC that Welsh Labour ministers lack the cash to "plug gaps" for pensioners in Wales.

Calls within the party for the cuts to be abandoned have grown louder in the wake of losses in the recent local elections in England. Plaid Cymru criticised Morgan for failing to "demand the cruel winter fuel payment cuts are scrapped".

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has previously defended the policy as necessary to restore the public finances.