Which benefits are available to vulnerable people under Labour?

As the winter fuel allowance is scrapped for many pensioners, we outline some other key benefits

Millions facing cruel winter' without fuel payments, Labour MPs warn

Labour backbenchers are warning that millions of vulnerable people will face a cruel winter" amid rising energy prices and a reduction in benefits, including the removal of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

Keir Starmer's government has promised to improve conditions for those most in need, with a commitment to reduce and alleviate" child poverty and end the moral scar" of food banks. And while Labour sees economic growth and creating more reliable and well-paid jobs as crucial to achieving these aims, it cannot ignore a number of pressing and often interrelated problems in the social security and benefits system.