Keir Starmer confirms U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts
by Pippa Crerar Peter Walker and Aletha Adu from World news | The Guardian on (#6XE9N)
Government to loosen eligibility rules for pensioners in face of backlash against decision to means test benefit
Keir Starmer has confirmed that he wants more pensioners to be eligible for winter fuel payments after a backlash against one of the most unpopular policies of the Labour government.
The prime minister indicated in the Commons that he would look again at the 11,500 threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for the allowance, as he tries to win back public support and quell a growing Labour backbench rebellion over benefit cuts.
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