Fuel poverty

MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons vote

MPs have voted to remove the winter fuel allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, with a significant number of Labour MPs abstaining.After a sometimes bad-tempered Commons debate, a...

Ministers facing pressure from unions over winter fuel payment cut

The government is facing renewed pressure from unions to change course over its decision to strip the winter...

‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments | Andrew Rawnsley

I hope he enjoyed it while it lasted. From being promisingly positive when he moved into Number 10, Sir...

There’s no need to cut poorer pensioners’ income. Smarter winter fuel solutions are at hand | Steve Webb

The new government’s honeymoon period with the voters ended at 3.33pm on Monday 29 July. This was when...

Labour ministers reveal grave concerns about winter fuel payment cut

Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe the winter fuel allowance for all but...

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