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The Government’s decision to reverse plans to restrict winter fuel payments has prompted speculation that other contested ...

The economy will have to be "strong enough" for the government to U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts, the business secretary ...

Most members of the Parliamentary Labour party, particularly the mammoth 2024 intake, want to be loyal. (Indeed, the question I get, in varying tones of frustration, from the 2024 intake of MPs, is ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves hinted she could change course on cuts to energy subsidies for millions of British ...

One Labour backbencher said the cut to winter fuel payments was a "serious blunder and her mistake now has embarrassed the ...

Sir Keir Starmer's U-turn on his winter fuel payment policy could lead to millions more pensioners receiving the vital ...

Sometimes, in the peculiar world of Westminster, we know that a major decision has been taken not through any grand ...

Some 1.8 million more households could get winter fuel payment at a cost of around £500 million per year if entitlement is extended to those on disability benefits, the IFS estimates. This would be ...

Today, we look at a U-turn from the government, after the Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to ease cuts to winter fuel payments. More than 10 million pensioners lost out on the payments, ...