Sir Keir Starmer has said he had to scrap the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners to find the money to get the NHS back on its feet. The Prime Minister said he had “every sympathy” with poorer pensioners who would struggle with their bills, adding: “I didn’t want to do it.”

The government's cuts to the winter fuel allowance have not been communicated properly, a newly elected Labour councillor has said. Alan Rowe - who uses they and them as personal pronouns - held the Cornwall Council division of Falmouth Penwerris with a reduced majority for Labour after a by-election held on Thursday.

Five benefits you can claim if you’re over State Pension age and have an illness that could boost income by up to £35,000 have been revealed. State pensioners who have lost their £300 Winter Fuel Payments have the chance to claim as much as £34,

Pensioners concerned about potentially losing their 25 percent council tax rebate alongside their £300 Winter Fuel Payment received an update from the Prime Minister amid growing anxiety. With speculation over the potential scrapping of the single person council tax discount that benefits millions of pensioners living alone,

Pensioners have held a protest against the government's decision to cut winter fuel payments outside an MP’s office in South Yorkshire. Demonstrators held signs outside the Dinnington office of Jake Richards,

READERS have had their say after Basingstoke's Labour MP, Luke Murphy, voted in favour of plans to scrap winter fuel payments for pensioners. As previously reported, Luke Murphy, who won the Basingstoke seat for Labour on July 4,

The new Labour government in Westminster announced this summer it would only make the payments, worth between £100 and £300, to those pensioners receiving Pension Credit, and so

They says expenses should be ‘redirected to support the Winter Fuel Payment’ ❄️Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for a reduction in MPs' expensesThe petition was created in response to the Government's decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Allowance for pensionersIts creator argues that politicians’ expenses should be cut to support vulnerable pensionersPayments,