MP vows to speak up for constituents made anxious by proposed scrapping of £300 winter fuel allowance

                                            

Melanie Onn - protests aplenty from her elderly constituents

THE Government's decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance for senior citizens has put an early political squeeze on Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes' Labour MP Melanie Onn.

The proposal, which was not included in Labour's General Election manifesto, has outraged many of her constituents born on or after September 22, 1958.

If the decision holds, they stand to miss out on the £300 tax-free payment that has proved a boon to many.

Ms Onn confirmed this week that there had been a steady flow into her email account of messages of concern from constituents.

She says she hopes to take up the matter, face-to-face, with the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in the coming weeks. 

In the meantime, last Friday, she fired off to letter to Ms Reeves to which she now awaits a reply. 

                                                            

                                             The MP's letter of concern to the Chancellor