Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it
About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing the benefit, according to the government’s...
Vodafone-Three merger: tens of millions could face higher bills, says UK watchdog
A proposed merger between the telecoms companies Vodafone and Three in the UK could lead to higher mobile bills for tens of millions of...
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 fuel allowance from the bulk of...
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 the chancellor stood up to announce...
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 the poorest pensioners, the Guardian can...
Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’
Thames Water has said it will be unable to recover from its funding crisis if it is blocked from charging customers significantly more, as...