The prime minister has been asked to be "honest" over why the government has changed its policy on winter fuel payments.
Our political editor put to him that the U-turn was not actually because of an improving economy, but because poor local election results made him realise "it was really unpopular".
Sir Keir Starmer told Beth Rigby "of course we listened to voters." He added: "Did we make the right decision in the first place? I believe we did because we needed to stabilise the economy."
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