Winter fuel payment U-turn: Millions more pensioners to get benefit this year, Reeves confirms

Описание: 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, meaning ten million pensioners lost out.

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