More pensioners will get Winter Fuel Payments worth up to £300 later this year under changes to the scheme. The Government has announced a U-turn on the winter fuel allowance following a backlash over unpopular cuts last year which took money away from 10 million pensioners.

Millions more pensioners will get winter fuel payments this year, Rachel Reeves has confirmed after a major U-turn.The Chancellor had restricted the winter fuel allowance to people on Pension Credit or similar benefits,

More lower income UK pensioners will receive winter fuel payments this year as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves works to restore the heating subsidy to some of those who were stripped of it last year in a £1.