Tuesday, 10 September 2024 () Pensioners are missing out on winter fuel payments by as little as £3, with some saying they will have to continue working well into old age.
Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was...
Conservative leader Rishi Sunak criticises the government for removing Winter Fuel Allowance from some pensioners and asks whether the prime minister will publish “the impact assessment”. In reply,..
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott says the government may have won the vote to remove Winter Fuel Allowance for some pensioners but “comprehensively” lost the argument. The plan to..
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has challenged Sir Keir Starmer over plans to means test the Winter Fuel Allowance. But during today’s PMQs, the prime minister said his government’s first job was..
The government will not "water down" cuts to the winter fuel payment after it was voted through on Tuesday, a minister has said. Sky News Also reported by •Wales Online •BBC News
Rishi Sunak has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "hiding" an impact assessment on the winter fuel payment cut for 10 million pensioners. Sky News Also reported by •BBC Local News •Tamworth Herald •Derby Telegraph
A Hull MP decided to vote in line with the Government's cut winter fuel payment despite raising the concerns of residents with the Chancellor. Hull Daily Mail Also reported by •Wales Online •BBC News