The Chancellor was also seeking to lift economic hopes in her speech to Labour’s conference after warning of tough choices ...

A vote on reversing the cut had been expected to take place on Monday but could now be pushed back to Wednesday.

Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing ...

Mr Streeting said he can understand why pensioners may feel they are being targeted by the government following cuts to ...

Rachel Reeves defended scrapping the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners, saying it was the “right decision” in the ...

Rachel Reeves defended winter fuel cuts as the “right decision” and insisted pensioners most in need will still receive help.

Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves no longer gets a heating allowance, contrary to online claims comparing her to one ...

The triple lock means the rise in state pension will either match the rate of inflation, average earnings or 2.5% – whichever ...

The Labour Party has come under fire from trade union bosses with conference leaders accused of dodging a debate on the removal of the Winter Fuel Payment. A motion was previously put forward by trade ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is still expected to press ahead with her plan to cut the winter fuel payment for millions of ...

Ahead of her keynote speech at the Labour conference, he said: “Rachel Reeves is repeating the Tories’ mistakes by imposing damaging austerity cuts, which will starve the economy of investment and ...