Winter fuel payments for Scottish pensioners will not be less than those being paid by the UK government south of the border, John Swinney has said.

MILLIONS more households are set to benefit from a £150 cost-of-living benefit this winter. An additional 2.7 million households will now be eligible for the subsidy, which will apply to every ...

State pensioners in one UK area getting more than £300 winter fuel payment Winter fuel payment changes are being put in place in 2025 but different rules apply in different parts of the UK, with ...

UK politics live: Starmer accused of chaos after Reeves gives winter fuel payment U-turn update - Tory leader insists PM should apologise to pensioners ahead of reversing unpopular policy ...

More lower income UK pensioners will receive winter fuel payments this year as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves works to restore the heating subsidy to some of those who were stripped of ...

Britain will make winter fuel payments to millions of older people this winter, in a major U-turn of deeply unpopular cuts after months of political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

News that winter fuel payments will return for nine million pensioners has been warmly received by campaigners.

The vast majority of pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this year after the government reversed course on its hugely unpopular decision to cut the benefit. Last year, only around 1.5 ...

The Scottish Government’s devolved version of the winter fuel payment will match the value of the UK benefit, John Swinney has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last week that the ...

Express talks to Rachel Reeves about the winter fuel payments Nine million pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this year after a humiliating government u-turn.

Good morning. Rachel Reeves has announced the details of her winter fuel U-turn. A big moment for the government but also for the country, as I set out in today’s note. Rachel Reeves has ...

9 million pensioners to receive winter fuel payments again this year in Rachel Reeves U-turn Almost three-quarters of all pensioners will now receive the benefit – but it is not clear how the ...