A MOTION to condemn the government on their decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance will go before a full council meeting next week.

Surely you have to balance the outcry about the cancellation of the winter fuel payments for more well off pensioners, against the fact pensioners enjoy the 'triple lock', and that many pensioners own ...

The DWP has confirmed that those born before September 22, 1958 will be eligible for the £200 Winter Fuel Payment this year.

Policy in Practice, a data analytics company, has also been working with councils in London to encourage benefits take up and ...

Unite and the Communication Workers Union put forward a motion calling for the decision to introduce means-testing for the ...

The Prime Minister's downbeat speech to Labour's annual conference in Liverpool called for 'patience' in the wake of his ...

Sir Keir joined Chancellor Rachel Reeves in doubling down on the Government’s decision to means-test the winter fuel payment, insisting “every pensioner will be better off with Labour”, but adding ...

Winter fuel payments given to 11.6m pensioners last year - The number of people who received the payment last winter was ...

Conservative councillors at a local authority have proposed a motion against the government's winter fuel payment cuts. It ...

A FUEL awareness event will be held in Auchinleck this week by the village's MP. Lillian Jones will provide support for constituents who are unsure if they are eligible to claim, or would like more ...

Here is a list of the number of people who received the winter fuel payment during the winter of 2023/24 in each ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the cash payments will now be means-tested. Only people in receipt of pension ...