Winter Fuel payments to extend to pensioners on incomes of £35,000 or less

Ed Miliband says Reeves ‘deserves credit’ for winter fuel payment U-turn

Rachel Reeves “deserves credit” for her U-turn on winter fuel allowance, Ed Miliband has said while denying that it was wrong to make the initial cut. The Treasury announced on Monday that it would restore the allowance to all pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year, amid public outrage over cut that was the first act of the Labour government. Reeves had previously removed the benefit from all but the poorest pensioners – those on pe…

Martin Lewis issues urgent winter fuel payment warning after government U-turn

Martin Lewis has issued an urgent winter fuel payment warning after the government announced a major U-turn. In a decision which will cost the Treasury £1.25bn, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that all those who qualify for the state pension on incomes of £35,000 or less will now qualify for the winter fuel payment. The U-turn on winter fuel means that around nine million – or three-quarters – of all pensioners will get the payment. Around tw…

Reeves is playing fast and loose with public finances – just look at her own words

I will admit that a bulk of this column was written for me, quite handily by Labour’s own Treasury team. After yesterday’s politically ‘ginormous’ U-turn by Rachel Reeves on winter fuel payments – returning nine million OAPs to the benefit – I thought I would take a look back at some of the economic arguments used in the House of Commons by the Chancellor and her Treasury team to defend their policy, and create a political headache over the past…

Nine million pensioners to receive winter fuel payment this year, Reeves says

Confirming the U-turn, Rachel Reeves said the Government had "listened to people's concerns"

Labour MPs in call for benefits U-turn after change to winter fuel payment cut

Pensioners who earn less than £35,000 will receive the winter fuel payment, the Chancellor has said.

NI pensioners to have winter fuel payment restored after government u-turn

The payment was cut last year in a cost-saving measure by the new Labour government