Winter fuel payments to be reinstated this year, Rachel Reeves confirms
by Pippa Crerar and Hannah Al-Othman from World news | The Guardian on (#6XR1Q)
Threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for payment will rise before winter, chancellor says
Rachel Reeves has confirmed that some winter fuel payments will be reinstated in time for this winter after weeks of uncertainty over the government's decision to make a U-turn on scrapping the benefit.
The UK chancellor said ministers would be announcing details of the changes to the 11,500 threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for the allowance as soon as we possibly can".
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