U-turn

Support for pensioners through the winter fuel payment was initially slashed by the government, a move that led to a significant u-turn.

Officers were bewildered to see the car — a self-driving Waymo robotaxi — make an illegal U-turn at a traffic light right in front of them, the San Bruno Police Department said in a social media post Saturday.

There does seem to be a supportive cohort of disgruntled Labour MPs, particularly among the 130-strong group who rebelled over welfare reforms and forced Downing Street into a humiliating 11th-hour U-turn.

But, the protests continued on Wednesday, with some sceptical about the policy U-turn.

About nine million pensioners will get the winter fuel payment this year, following a government U-turn over eligibility.