Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Labour to review giving more pensioners winter fuel payments

Threshold for top-up could be raised, opening door to government revisiting other unpopular benefits cuts

Keir Starmer has announced a partial U-turn that would make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments, as government figures opened the door for more tweaks to controversial policies.

After a major backlash against one of the most unpopular measures announced by the Labour government, the prime minister indicated he would look again at the £11,500 threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for the allowance.

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