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The rebellion undermined Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's authority, which was weakened after a series of policy reversals, including restoring the Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners.

About nine million pensioners will also get the Winter Fuel Payment in 2025/2026, worth £200 or £300, after a government U-turn over eligibility.

Not all pensioners receive the full state pension, and some rely on other benefit income.

North Lincolnshire Council has given out thousands of air fryers to pensioners and low-income families over the past year in order to cut fuel bills.

So far, some 170 of them - many of them pensioners - have been charged with displaying an item supportive of a banned organisation.