Pensioner suggests cutting Winter Fuel Payments ‘in half’ rather than scrapping benefit all together

The Labour Government “would not have got in” if pensioners knew “what was going to happen” when they voted this summer, it has been claimed.

Millions of pensioners are facing freezing cold winters as their Winter Fuel Payment benefits have been cut, with many still expressing outrage at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves.