Wednesday, 11 September 2024 () BBC Local News: Hereford and Worcester -- A motion has been put forward to discuss pensioner winter fuel payment thresholds.
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...
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..
John Swinney said his government will work very closely with citizens to "maximise eligibility for the winter fuel payment" in the wake of its scrapping by the UK Government. Sir Keir Starmer defended..
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the government's decision to cut the winter fuel allowance. Roughly 10 million pensioners are set to lose out on the £250 payment as the government restricts the..