By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday signalled he was open to reversing a widely criticised cut in winter fuel payments to the elderly, weeks after a bruising set of local election results for his Labour Party.

Starmer U-turns on winter fuel payments but millions could still miss out this year - Sir Keir faced backlash from his own MPs after slashing winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners

Britain’s Labour government will change one of its most unpopular policies — the cutting of a subsidy for pensioners’ energy bills — after many voters abandoned the party in local elections earlier this month.

A Ukrainian national charged over a series of arson attacks on houses and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared in a London court on Wednesday, the third man held over the incidents.

Keir Starmer told MPs he was going to look again at the threshold at which pensioners will get winter fuel payments. The U-turn revealed during Prime Minister's Questions followed a public outcry which is also widely regarded as having lost the party hundreds of seats in this month's local elections.

Keir Starmer mocked Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader dodged parliament to go on holiday. The prime minister even had Farage’s own party colleagues laughing at his jibe at the globe-trotting right-winger.

Benjamin Netanyahu said Sir Keir Starmer was offering a “huge prize” to Hamas after the Prime Minister called on Israel to end the war in Gaza.

The Prime Minister is watering down his Winter Fuel stance, and it's not the first time he's changed his mind.

On the international front, the UK has stepped up action against Israel over its military offensive in Gaza by suspending trade talks with the country. There's a lot for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to go at as she faces Keir Starmer from 12:00 BST.