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Under the current rules, people qualify for the winter fuel payment if they were born before September 23, 1958, live in England or Wales, and receive specific benefits. The initial change ...

Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed changes to the means testing of Winter Fuel Payments will be in place for this winter, meaning more pensioners will be able to claim the payment.

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The controversial cuts to a scheme to help pay for the costs of heating pensioners' homes during the winter are set to be softened. Primer Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said in Parliament that he ...

In a u-turn on his position on the legitimacy of Winter Fuel Payment cuts, Prime Minister Keir Starmer seems to be proposing a new assessment system to ensure more pensioners are eligible for ...

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (4 June), days after unveiling the UK's defence strategy for the next decade. On Monday (2 May), the prime minister ...

Under the new regulations, individuals are eligible for a winter fuel payment if they were born before 23 September 1958. They must also live in England or Wales and receive specific benefits.

The Winter Fuel Payment could be reintroduced for ALL state pensioners on a "universal" basis - boosting eligibility by 10.5 million people. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has explored how the ...