Reeves ‘not immune’ to MPs’ concerns over winter fuel payment
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Reeves ‘not immune’ to MPs’ concerns over winter fuel payment

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. Read our privacy policy Chancellor Rachel Reeves told MPs that she is “not immune” to concerns over plans to dramatically scale back the winter fuel allowance amid mounting calls, including within Labour ranks, for the Government to soften the policy. A spokesperson for the Chancellor said after the meeting that MPs showed “strong support” for the planned cut, which will see all but the country’s poorest pensioners stripped of the winter fuel payment. Ministers are “agreed” on the importance of “fixing the foundations of the economy” by taking tough and unpopular spending decisions, a Number 10 spokeswoman said of Monday’s meeting chaired by the Prime Minister. “He said that, given the scale of inheritance, this would be difficult and that tough decisions are unpopular decisions, but it is the tough decisions that will enable change for this country.” Disavowing suggestions made by a Home Office minister on Monday’s broadcast round that the Treasury is looking at ways to mitigate the cut, No 10 said there had been no discussion of softening the impact of the policy.

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Voters see tractor tax as more damaging for Labour than Partygate for the Tories, poll reveals
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2 days, 17 hours ago

Voters see tractor tax as more damaging for Labour than Partygate for the Tories, poll reveals

The Independent  

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Voters will thank Labour for scrapping winter fuel payments, Wes Streeting claims
3 days, 16 hours ago

Voters will thank Labour for scrapping winter fuel payments, Wes Streeting claims

The Independent  

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Wes Streeting says pensioners should ‘layer up’ and put the heating on as millions struggle without winter fuel payment
5 days, 14 hours ago

Wes Streeting says pensioners should ‘layer up’ and put the heating on as millions struggle without winter fuel payment

The Independent  

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Pensioners warned over winter fuel payment as key deadline hours away
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Pensioners warned over winter fuel payment as key deadline hours away

The Independent  

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Widows 'worst hit' as 50,000 denied winter fuel lifeline - as Labour is slammed as 'Scrooge' by furious campaigners
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Widows 'worst hit' as 50,000 denied winter fuel lifeline - as Labour is slammed as 'Scrooge' by furious campaigners

Daily Mail  

Labour was branded 'Scrooge' last night after it emerged more than 50,000 pensioners who tried to hang on to their winter fuel payments have been snubbed. Tonight is the deadline to apply for pension credit, and to be eligible for the top-up that Chancellor Rachel Reeves stripped from millions in one of her first acts after taking office. And in …

Wes Streeting claims pensioners will be 'better off' this winter - despite fears 4,000 could die after Labour cut fuel allowance
3 weeks ago

Wes Streeting claims pensioners will be 'better off' this winter - despite fears 4,000 could die after Labour cut fuel allowance

Daily Mail  

Wes Streeting yesterday claimed pensioners will be ‘better off’ this winter despite fears 4,000 could die after Labour cut their fuel allowance. Asked if the Department of Health and Social Care had done an impact assessment into potential deaths, Mr Streeting said: ‘Because of the choices that the Chancellor has made, particularly on protecting the state pension through the triple …

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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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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1 month, 1 week 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 …

Winter fuel payment claims skyrocket after Labour changes – with half rejected
1 month, 1 week ago

Winter fuel payment claims skyrocket after Labour changes – with half rejected

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pensioners have been racing to secure the winter fuel payment, …

Humiliation for Starmer as Scottish Labour vows to force vote on reinstating winter fuel allowance for pensioners
1 month, 1 week ago

Humiliation for Starmer as Scottish Labour vows to force vote on reinstating winter fuel allowance for pensioners

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer is facing humiliation after Scottish Labour vowed to force a vote on reinstating the winter fuel allowance. Last week Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for redesigned payments, saying it would lower the bar for getting them if it wins the 2026 Holyrood election. Keir Starmer is facing humiliation after Scottish Labour vowed to force a vote on …

Rachel Reeves is standing by her ‘tough decisions’ – but for how long?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves is standing by her ‘tough decisions’ – but for how long?

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer warned that elderly people ‘are going to die’ as fears mount over winter fuel cuts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer warned that elderly people ‘are going to die’ as fears mount over winter fuel cuts

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payments cut will drive 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, minister admits
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners will drive 100,000 more into …

Winter fuel allowance axe will leave an extra 100,000 pensioners in poverty, ministers admit
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel allowance axe will leave an extra 100,000 pensioners in poverty, ministers admit

Daily Mail  

Scrapping the winter fuel allowance will leave an extra 100,000 pensioners in poverty, ministers admitted today. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall revealed the estimate for the impact of the controversial policy in a letter to MPs Internal modelling shows that the move will increase numbers in 'relative' poverty after housing costs by 50,000 this year and next, and 100,000 …

Rachel Reeves to face winter fuel cuts fury as protesters target her Leeds constituency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves to face winter fuel cuts fury as protesters target her Leeds constituency

The Independent  

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Ministers looking at ‘very long’ form for winter fuel payments
1 month, 4 weeks 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
2 months ago

Labour facing legal challenge over winter fuel payments cut

The Independent  

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Legal Bid to Stop 'Cruel' UK Government Plan to Axe Winter Fuel Benefit
2 months, 1 week ago

Legal Bid to Stop 'Cruel' UK Government Plan to Axe Winter Fuel Benefit

Al Jazeera  

A couple from Scotland is suing the UK government over its decision to abolish an allowance for at least 10 million elderly people to spend on additional heating fuel in the winter. The government expects to save 1.3 billion pounds ($1.7bn) in the current tax year (2024-25) and 1.5 billion pounds ($1.95bn) in the following year. The couple claims that …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This was a painful budget - with worse to come
2 months, 1 week ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This was a painful budget - with worse to come

Daily Mail  

There are three kinds of lies, said Mark Twain. In her first Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves cynically reneged on those promises with a £40billion tax bombshell. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the country had 'voted for change' and vowed to 'invest' as she mounts one of the biggest raids in history in the Commons Ms Reeves carried out the traditional photo …

Fuel duty: How will Rachel Reeves’s freeze on motorist tax affect you?
2 months, 1 week ago

Fuel duty: How will Rachel Reeves’s freeze on motorist tax affect you?

The Independent  

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Autumn budget 2024 predictions: 8 key things to watch out for in Rachel Reeves’s statement
2 months, 1 week ago

Autumn budget 2024 predictions: 8 key things to watch out for in Rachel Reeves’s statement

The Independent  

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Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come
2 months, 1 week ago

Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come

The Independent  

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Ministers fear 120,000 of most vulnerable pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments
2 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves ‘set to raise fuel duty next year’ as Tory MPs demand freeze
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves ‘set to raise fuel duty next year’ as Tory MPs demand freeze

The Independent  

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Experts not convinced Government will save cash by limiting winter fuel payments
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts not convinced Government will save cash by limiting winter fuel payments

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The number of pensioners in receipt of winter fuel allowance is set to fall …

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

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

The Independent  

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‘I can’t afford curtains to block out the draught’: The pensioners worst hit by the winter fuel payment cut
3 months ago

‘I can’t afford curtains to block out the draught’: The pensioners worst hit by the winter fuel payment cut

The Independent  

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Labour accused of ‘breaking rules’ by withholding winter fuel impact assessment
3 months ago

Labour accused of ‘breaking rules’ by withholding winter fuel impact assessment

The Telegraph  

Mr Philp explained that on Aug 30, Dr Luke Evans, a Tory MP, tabled a written question to Liz Kendall, the Work and Pensions Secretary, to ask whether an equality impact assessment would be published into proposed changes to winter fuel payments. However, the following day, after the House had risen for parliamentary recess, Ms Kendall’s department published the impact …

Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise
3 months, 1 week ago

Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves warned winter fuel payment cuts won’t save as much money as expected
3 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves warned winter fuel payment cuts won’t save as much money as expected

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cuts to pensioner winter fuel payments will save hundreds of millions …

Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise
3 months, 1 week ago

Charities concerned over limiting winter fuel payments as energy prices rise

The Independent  

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Baloney! You can't blame inflation for your rip-off 49% price hike, Admiral, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE
3 months, 1 week ago

Baloney! You can't blame inflation for your rip-off 49% price hike, Admiral, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Daily Mail  

Insurance premium inflation may be heading down, but it isn't tamed, that's for sure. Unwarranted: Insurer Admiral hiked a customers combined motor and home cover from £250 to £350 Earlier this month, I wrote about the sobering experience that ­marketing consultant Danny Russell had with his insurer, Admiral. After my initial article on Danny's experience three weeks ago, I asked …

Almost a third of population in pensioner-heavy areas at risk of losing winter fuel payment cash: Map shows where biggest concentrations of claimants live amid anger at Labour cuts
3 months, 1 week ago

Almost a third of population in pensioner-heavy areas at risk of losing winter fuel payment cash: Map shows where biggest concentrations of claimants live amid anger at Labour cuts

Daily Mail  

Almost a third of the population in some areas of the country are pensioners at risk of losing the winter fuel allowance cash ahead of winter, new data suggests. Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have changed the rules for the winter fuel payment, which can be up to £300, to make it means tested as part of cost-cutting measures …

Nearly three million over-80s to be hit by Chancellor’s winter fuel raid
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Unions win vote to reverse winter fuel cut in blow for Keir Starmer
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Unions win vote to reverse winter fuel cut in blow for Keir Starmer

The Independent  

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Labour conference backs call to reverse winter fuel payment cut
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour conference backs call to reverse winter fuel payment cut

The Independent  

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Winter fuel payments: Labour changes explainer and other pension support available
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winter fuel payments: Labour changes explainer and other pension support available

The Independent  

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Pensioners stage protest against winter fuel cuts at Labour conference
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pensioners stage protest against winter fuel cuts at Labour conference

The Independent  

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Defiant Rachel Reeves refuses to back down on winter fuel raid and warns 'road ahead is harder than we thought' (but Gaza protesters disrupt her big conference speech)
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Defiant Rachel Reeves refuses to back down on winter fuel raid and warns 'road ahead is harder than we thought' (but Gaza protesters disrupt her big conference speech)

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves sounded defiance on the winter fuel allowance axe today despite a wave of unrest at Labour conference - as her big speech was disrupted by a Gaza protest. In other developments at the conference today: The Chancellor pledged to begin the rollout of free breakfast clubs in primary schools from April next year; Ms Reeves has boasted about …

Is UK's Labour Party already losing its election goodwill?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Is UK's Labour Party already losing its election goodwill?

Firstpost  

Months after a landslide victory, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party stands cornered over unpopular policies and a freebies scandal around the premier himself Just months after storming to power in a landslide victory, the British Labour Party has found itself cornered. Far from being a celebratory gathering, the three-day Labour Conference has turned into a loop of ministers defending their …

Labour doubles down on winter fuel cuts on eve of party conference
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour doubles down on winter fuel cuts on eve of party conference

The Independent  

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Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment– UK politics live
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment– UK politics live

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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Fury as Labour MP says OAPs have a 'choice' over whether to put the heating on
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fury as Labour MP says OAPs have a 'choice' over whether to put the heating on

Daily Mail  

A Labour MP was lambasted last night over 'abhorrent' claims pensioners losing their winter fuel allowance have a 'choice' whether to put the heating on. Last night Keir Starmer dismissed Labour's 2017 research that predicted cutting the allowance for 10million pensioners would increase excess deaths by 3,850 Campaigners said millions of pensioners will struggle this winter without the subsidy He …

Starmer sympathises with pensioners over winter fuel but dismisses Labour’s own claim 4,000 will die
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer sympathises with pensioners over winter fuel but dismisses Labour’s own claim 4,000 will die

The Independent  

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How Winter Fuel Payments are changing - and the energy bill help alternatives available for pensioners
3 months, 4 weeks 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 …

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