Since 1997, all British pensioners have been able to claim a tax-free payment to help with their heating costs. The winter fuel payment, introduced by the last Labour government, previously doled out as much as £300 a year to all retirees.

They says expenses should be ‘redirected to support the Winter Fuel Payment’ ❄️Nearly 92,000 people have signed a petition calling for a reduction in MPs' expensesThe petition was created in response to the Government's decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Allowance for pensionersIts creator argues that politicians’ expenses should be cut to support vulnerable pensionersPayments,

The DWP has announced that letters informing individuals over State Pension age about the changes to Winter Fuel Payment will be sent "from mid-October"

Some 83% of those aged 80 or over will also miss out on the benefit this winter, according to Government estimates.

The governments plan to restrict pensioners winter fuel payment to households getting pension credit has been easily if grudgingly passed by parliament. This was despite a strong case for delaying the move to

Welsh Labour minister defends cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners - Welsh Labour minister Jane Hutt insisted there is a hole in the public purse and ‘difficult decisions are now being taken’.