#newsnight if they don't want richer pensioners to benefit from winter fuel payment then give it to all pensioners then adjust savings taxes to recoup some back from the wealthy.

As heard from BBC Business News: Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts ift.tt/QBKZCPH #boldnews #worldnews

She wanted to be Iron Chancellor, but U-turn is fatal blow Winter fuel payment reversal undermines authority of Rachel Reeves, who opposed it! If She Had Any Pride, She Would Resign! telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

So in Starmer's muddled..disconnected and completely out of touch mind...he is now thinking that if he parrots a few Reform policies regarding the illegals and restores the Winter fuel payment...that will mean everyone - and I mean everyone... will be thinking bloody hell...Keir

John Swinney The SNP Lying🤥toad🐸your government in Holyrood took a deliberate and conscious decision to deny Scottish pensioners their winter fuel payment for the winter past despite having already been funded by westminister for it, instead nats spent it on something else shameful you lot are scum

"It just smacks of no plan and no regard to these very vulnerable people." Former House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt discusses the government's U-turn on the winter fuel payment. #Newsnight

Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts

crane guy🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇪 John Swinney LABOUR: Cut the Winter Fuel payment, Not the SNP The Civil Service Dept responsible for the administration of Prescription Charges cost MORE than giving free prescriptions, which is why the charges were abolished Why should you pay to be ill?

"I think Rachel Reeves is in an incredibly strong position." Victoria Derbyshire asks Labour MP Jeevun Sandher how weakened the Chancellor is following the winter fuel payment U-turn. #Newsnight

"There are people who will choose not to vote for us at the next election... what we're going to be judged on is are we making people better off." Jeevun Sandher MP on public sentiment towards Labour after the winter fuel payment U-turn. #Newsnight

dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 I agree. I have friends who are Millie, because of inheritance from mum and dad , and with a wealthy pensioner pot who will still accept the Winter fuel payment. So I think it needs more stringent cut off point Single Pensioners not in credit.

Errrrmm this would suggest a pensioner earning £90k a year should be entitled to a winter fuel payment. That’s mental

I campaigned for Mike Ross in a poorer part of Woodmansey, near Beverley. Quite a few unhappy voters mentioned the The Labour Party government’s winter fuel payment cuts. It has been a disaster for Starmer’s government.

Torsten Bell This MP also thought it a good idea in 2024 to cut the winter fuel payment and still today he backs cutting benefits to those who are disabled .

Alan So, the UK government remove the funding for the winter fuel payment, then devolve it and then you lot blame the Scottish government! Pmsl.

Angel calling He's got more pensioners a winter fuel payment cause stammer is doing a re think after what happened in local elections, wouldn't have happened without reform.

‘It’s all people wanted to talk about’: How Labour U-turned on winter fuel payment cut | Benefits | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2025/m…