Energy bosses meet minister as Chancellor defends winter fuel payment squeeze
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Energy bosses meet minister as Chancellor defends winter fuel payment squeeze

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was a decision that I had to make in incredibly challenging circumstances to put our public finances on a firm footing.” The Government’s policy on winter fuel payments will stop the handouts for people in England and Wales who are not in receipt of Pension Credit or other means-tested benefits. Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said: “In real terms, the changes this winter mean that some older people will face the highest energy bills on record. Citizens Advice chief executive Dame Clare Moriarty said more people could claim pension credit to ensure they kept their winter fuel payments. “But it also needs the Government to recognise the need for targeted support and that’s something that we would very much like to see coming out of the meeting later on today.” Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive of industry body Energy UK, said the sector provided “£54 million of discretionary support, on top of the more than £2 billion worth of mandatory schemes” for vulnerable households.

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DAN HODGES: 'Pensioners will die freezing and alone', a minister confided to me about the winter fuel axe. And more Labour MPs tell me they fear worse is to come
2 weeks, 2 days ago

DAN HODGES: 'Pensioners will die freezing and alone', a minister confided to me about the winter fuel axe. And more Labour MPs tell me they fear worse is to come

Daily Mail  

It will begin with an unanswered knock on the door. But among the Cabinet, Labour MPs and party activists, there is a growing belief the decision to unexpectedly axe pensioners’ £300 winter fuel allowance has become a ticking timebomb under Sir Keir Starmer’s fledgling premiership. I have yet to find a single person within Labour’s ranks who genuinely believes in …

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged
2 weeks, 5 days ago

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged

China Daily  

A snow plough clears the snow during Storm Bert, along George Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, November 23, 2024. Married senior citizens Peter and Florence Fanning launched a legal challenge against the Scottish and United Kingdom governments on Wednesday, over their decision to stop helping most retired people with their winter fuel bills. The Fannings' legal challenge, which is being …

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged
2 weeks, 5 days ago

UK govt winter fuel decision challenged

China Daily  

A snow plough clears the snow during Storm Bert, along George Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, November 23, 2024. Married senior citizens Peter and Florence Fanning launched a legal challenge against the Scottish and United Kingdom governments on Wednesday, over their decision to stop helping most retired people with their winter fuel bills. The Fannings' legal challenge, which is being …

Labour minister Liz Kendall is urged to refund taxpayer money used to heat her second home - after axing £300 winter fuel payment to pensioners
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Labour minister Liz Kendall is urged to refund taxpayer money used to heat her second home - after axing £300 winter fuel payment to pensioners

Daily Mail  

The Cabinet Minister responsible for slashing Winter Fuel Payments for millions of pensioners last night faced calls to return money she claimed for her own energy bills from the taxpayer. This is an emergency situation - and this news makes me even more angry.’ Labour MP Liz Kendall is being urged to return taxpayers' money used to heat her second …

Fuel Minister Liz Kendall, who axed £300 payment to pensioners, lives in £4million Notting Hill home with her banker partner - and their heating bill is paid by YOU
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Fuel Minister Liz Kendall, who axed £300 payment to pensioners, lives in £4million Notting Hill home with her banker partner - and their heating bill is paid by YOU

Daily Mail  

The Cabinet Minister who axed pensioners' winter fuel payments has her own £350-a-month energy bills paid by the taxpayer – while she lives in a £4 million London mansion. Fuel minister Liz Kendall has been branded a hypocrite for removing winter fuel payments for ten million pensioners while her Notting Hill home is heated with public money The most recent …

Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits
1 month ago

Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits

The Independent  

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Ministers looking at ‘very long’ form for winter fuel payments
1 month, 1 week ago

Ministers looking at ‘very long’ form for winter fuel payments

The Independent  

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Labour facing legal challenge over winter fuel payments cut
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Labour facing legal challenge over winter fuel payments cut

The Independent  

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Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments

The Independent  

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Shock analysis shows four in every five pensioners struggling with money will see winter fuel payment cut
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Shock analysis shows four in every five pensioners struggling with money will see winter fuel payment cut

The Independent  

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Labour calls on ministers to reverse decision to axe fuel insecurity fund
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour calls on ministers to reverse decision to axe fuel insecurity fund

The Independent  

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Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise

The Independent  

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Nearly three million over-80s to be hit by Chancellor’s winter fuel raid
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly three million over-80s to be hit by Chancellor’s winter fuel raid

The Telegraph  

The data, published in response to a written question from the Lib Dems, also reveal that those in the south of England are expected to fare particularly badly, with the region accounting for nearly half of all pensioners left poorer by the cut. Some 4.5 million people previously able to claim the winter fuel allowance across the South East, South …

Pensioners stage protest against winter fuel cuts at Labour conference
3 months ago

Pensioners stage protest against winter fuel cuts at Labour conference

The Independent  

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Unite billboard campaign urges Government to reverse winter fuel allowance cuts
3 months ago

Unite billboard campaign urges Government to reverse winter fuel allowance cuts

The Independent  

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Starmer under fresh attack for ‘unbelievably foolish’ winter fuel payment cuts
3 months, 1 week ago

Starmer under fresh attack for ‘unbelievably foolish’ winter fuel payment cuts

The Independent  

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How nearly 15,000 pensioners in every Labour constituency will lose their winter fuel payment if Keir Starmer presses ahead with controversial plan to strip benefit from 10 million OAPs
3 months, 1 week ago

How nearly 15,000 pensioners in every Labour constituency will lose their winter fuel payment if Keir Starmer presses ahead with controversial plan to strip benefit from 10 million OAPs

Daily Mail  

Some 15,000 pensioners in every Labour constituency will lose their winter fuel payment, a new analysis revealed. A total of six million pensioners who now have a Labour MP will lose the winter fuel payment under his government Only people on pension credit or certain other benefits will receive the winter fuel payments, while about 10 million others are set …

Labour accused of ‘cruelty’ over winter fuel payment cuts as 780,000 pensioners to miss out
3 months, 1 week ago

Labour accused of ‘cruelty’ over winter fuel payment cuts as 780,000 pensioners to miss out

The Independent  

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No winter fuel payments cut impact assessment was done, Starmer admits
3 months, 1 week ago

No winter fuel payments cut impact assessment was done, Starmer admits

The Independent  

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How Winter Fuel Payments are changing - and the energy bill help alternatives available for pensioners
3 months, 1 week ago

How Winter Fuel Payments are changing - and the energy bill help alternatives available for pensioners

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners will lose out on Winter Fuel Payments worth up to £300 each this winter - but there is other energy bill help still available. Losing the Winter Fuel Payment is a blow to pensioners, but the good news is that other energy bill help is available for retirees. Eating or heating: Charities for the elderly …

Reeves defends claiming energy expenses and insists winter fuel cuts right move
3 months, 1 week ago

Reeves defends claiming energy expenses and insists winter fuel cuts right move

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payment cut could kill 4,000 people, Labour research suggests
3 months, 1 week ago

Winter fuel payment cut could kill 4,000 people, Labour research suggests

The Independent  

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Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter fuel payment cuts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour refuses to publish impact assessment of winter fuel payment cuts

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel payment cut will put pensioners in hospital, Labour MPs fear

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payment cuts leaving pensioners ‘worried sick’, MPs warned
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel payment cuts leaving pensioners ‘worried sick’, MPs warned

The Independent  

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Pensioners will die because of winter fuel payments cut, warns Labour rebel
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pensioners will die because of winter fuel payments cut, warns Labour rebel

The Telegraph  

Pensioners will die from the cold if the Treasury pushes ahead with its winter fuel payments cut, a Labour rebel has warned. She issued the warning amid growing unrest among some Labour MPs over Rachel Reeves’ decision to stop giving winter fuel payments to all pensioners in order to help fill a “black hole” in the public finances. Ms Maskell, …

Three 'fairer' ways to reform Winter Fuel Payments as five in six poorer pensioners stand to lose out
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Three 'fairer' ways to reform Winter Fuel Payments as five in six poorer pensioners stand to lose out

Daily Mail  

Winter Fuel Payment reforms could be made fairer, experts say, as current government plans mean five in six pensioners below the poverty line stand to lose the benefit. Webb, now a partner at consultants Lane Clark and Peacock and This is Money's resident pensions expert, said Winter Fuel Payment reforms could be changed to be fairer to poorer pensioners. Keeping …

Majority of pensioners below poverty line ‘could lose winter fuel payments’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Majority of pensioners below poverty line ‘could lose winter fuel payments’

The Independent  

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Chancellor defends winter fuel payment cut amid ‘frightened’ pensioners warning
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chancellor defends winter fuel payment cut amid ‘frightened’ pensioners warning

The Independent  

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Watch: Chancellor Rachel Reeves questioned on Budget after Keir Starmer admitted it will be ‘painful’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: Chancellor Rachel Reeves questioned on Budget after Keir Starmer admitted it will be ‘painful’

The Independent  

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The winter fuel dilemma is the first test of the Starmer-Reeves relationship
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The winter fuel dilemma is the first test of the Starmer-Reeves relationship

The Independent  

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Move to end universal winter fuel payments for pensioners to be extended to NI
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Move to end universal winter fuel payments for pensioners to be extended to NI

The Independent  

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Davey: Cutting winter fuel allowance is Government’s ‘first big mistake’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Davey: Cutting winter fuel allowance is Government’s ‘first big mistake’

The Independent  

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Labour urges energy firms to support awareness campaign for winter bills help
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour urges energy firms to support awareness campaign for winter bills help

The Independent  

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Energy bosses and Government discuss ways to support vulnerable households
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Energy bosses and Government discuss ways to support vulnerable households

The Independent  

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Shame on Labour for leaving pensioners like me in the cold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shame on Labour for leaving pensioners like me in the cold

The Independent  

While I am fully in agreement that the winter fuel allowance is not completely fair as there are retired people who are wealthy enough to not need it, I am concerned that pensioners like myself who are not in receipt of pension credit will lose out! Annie W Address supplied Means testing winter fuel payments is a much-needed step I …

Winter Fuel Payments: Labour urged to undo change for millions of pensioners
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Winter Fuel Payments: Labour urged to undo change for millions of pensioners

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves will be forced to U-turn on winter fuel means tests, warns former minister

The Independent  

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Chancellor’s deputy accused of hypocrisy over scrapping pensioners’ winter fuel payments
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chancellor’s deputy accused of hypocrisy over scrapping pensioners’ winter fuel payments

The Telegraph  

The Chancellor’s deputy has been accused of hypocrisy after appearing to change his mind about scrapping winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. But last autumn Darren Jones, now the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said pensioners would be left “anxious” and “concerned” by any change to the payment system. Asked about Mr Jones’s comments, Ms Reeves told LBC’s Nick …

Winter fuel allowance could be scaled back to cover triple lock costs – report
1 year, 2 months ago

Winter fuel allowance could be scaled back to cover triple lock costs – report

The Independent  

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How struggling Aussie families could get hundreds of dollars back on their power bill
2 years ago

How struggling Aussie families could get hundreds of dollars back on their power bill

Daily Mail  

Australians seeking power price relief for Christmas are sweating on a key energy meeting between federal, state and territory leaders today amid plans for federally-funded rebates to flow to housholds. Under a plan being hashed out, temporary rebates to households would be funded by the federal government and be issued via state governments in exchange for NSW and Queensland capping …

Cabinet, coalition parties arrange sudden meeting to discuss rising energy bills
2 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet, coalition parties arrange sudden meeting to discuss rising energy bills

NL Times  

Part of the Cabinet will meet on Sunday afternoon with party leaders from VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie about rising energy prices, inside sources confirmed after reporting by De Telegraaf. At the Ministry of Finance, Ministers Sigrid Kaag and Marnix van Rij will speak with the coalition about measures to alleviate the strain of rising energy bills. Last week, the …

European Union Energy Ministers plan for 'difficult winter'
2 years, 3 months ago

European Union Energy Ministers plan for 'difficult winter'

The Hindu  

European Union Energy Ministers met on Friday to seek a united response to the energy shock triggered by Russia's war on Ukraine, which has sent prices for electricity and heating skyrocketing. Moscow's invasion has seen the price of natural gas hit record levels, throwing the EU economy into deep uncertainty, with all eyes on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will …

Liz Truss caps energy bills until 2024
2 years, 3 months ago

Liz Truss caps energy bills until 2024

The Independent  

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Chancellor ‘deeply concerned’ people could freeze this winter
2 years, 3 months ago

Chancellor ‘deeply concerned’ people could freeze this winter

The Independent  

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Nearly one in four ‘won’t turn on heating this winter’ as energy bills soar
2 years, 3 months ago

Nearly one in four ‘won’t turn on heating this winter’ as energy bills soar

The Independent  

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Chancellor urges public to cut back on energy use as bills crisis mounts
2 years, 3 months ago

Chancellor urges public to cut back on energy use as bills crisis mounts

The Independent  

The chancellor has urged the public to cut back on their energy use as the crisis over household bills mounts, with analysts predicting they could surge to £10,000 a year and campaigners warning lives will be lost. Nadhim Zahawi said he was working “flat out” to ensure the next prime minister would be able to offer help to those who …

Chancellor piles pressure on Liz Truss with call for energy bills help for £45,000 earners
2 years, 3 months ago

Chancellor piles pressure on Liz Truss with call for energy bills help for £45,000 earners

The Independent  

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Woman, 80, says she would be ‘better off dead’ than trying to cope with energy bills this winter
2 years, 3 months ago

Woman, 80, says she would be ‘better off dead’ than trying to cope with energy bills this winter

The Independent  

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