SNAP POLL: Should MPs vote down Labour's bid to cut winter fuel allowance? Have your say now

The policy has faced criticism from many Labour MPs and some 17 MPs have signed a motion put forward by Neil Duncan-Jordan calling on the government to delay implementing the cut.

Up to 50 Labour MPs could refuse to back the Government's plan despite the prime minister urging back benchers to get behind the measure.

While only a few MPs are expected to vote against the policy today, dozens are believed to be abstaining or being absent.

In July, seven MPs were suspended for voting for an SNP amendment on the two-child benefit cap, and the assumption is that the same consequences could apply if there was a similar rebellion this afternoon.

One Labour MP said: “I’d expect the vast majority of anyone who does rebel to abstain and remain inside the tent.

"Abstention is the new rebellion. It’s a question of defining what dissent is, and it’s probably better to do this than to jump off a cliff.”

Although there is no chance that the vote will be lost, a significant number of absences would showcase the extent of unrest over a policy which many in the party fear could lose them votes.

Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, is the latest London MP to revolt against the cut having signed an Early Day Motion alongside Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill.

With that in mind, do you think MPs should vote down Labour's bid to cut the winter fuel allowance? Have your say and vote in the poll above now.