# Winter fuel U-turn and spending review standoff – Politics Weekly Westminster

An episode of [Politics Weekly UK](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697472), 9 Jun 2025, 28 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/06/09-50683-Politics_Weekly_Westminster_Winter_fuel_Uturn_and_spending_review_standoff.mp3

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on winter fuel payments: will it be enough to undo the damage done by the policy? Plus, they look ahead to this week’s spending review as negotiations with ministers go down to the wire. And after its chair dramatically quit the party only to return 48 hours later, what’s going on with Reform UK?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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