Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the cash payments will now be means-tested. Only people in receipt of pension ...

The Chancellor was also seeking to lift economic hopes in her speech to Labour’s conference after warning of tough choices ...

Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing ...

Rachel Reeves defended winter fuel cuts as the “right decision” and insisted pensioners most in need will still receive help.

The triple lock means the rise in state pension will either match the rate of inflation, average earnings or 2.5% – whichever ...

Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves no longer gets a heating allowance, contrary to online claims comparing her to one ...

Rachel Reeves defended scrapping the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners, saying it was the “right decision” in the ...

Angela Maskell and her husband Frederick are two of the 10 million pensioners who have lost the winter fuel payment.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is still expected to press ahead with her plan to cut the winter fuel payment for millions of ...

The winter fuel payment was introduced by Tony Blair’s government in 1997, and expanded to all pensioners from 2000. The new change will now mean that only those in receipt of pension credit or other ...

Unite, one of Labour’s biggest union backers, and the CWU are seeking to force a vote at the conference in Liverpool to save ...