Winter fuel payments to return for 9m pensioners in £1.3bn Labour u-turn

The winter fuel payment will be handed out to 9m pensioners whose income falls below £35,000 a year, the Treasury has revealed, in a £1.25bn blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ chances of keeping her £9.9bn headroom intact.  The government’s U-turn on winter fuel payments was revealed last month following poor council election results and fury [...]