Nine million pensioners to receive winter fuel payment this year, Reeves says | Daily Mail Online

Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, the Chancellor has announced in a £1.25 billion U-turn of Government plans.The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority of pensioners who previously received it because anyone with an income of under £35,000 a year will now get the payment automatically.Confirming the U-turn, Rachel Reeves said the Government had "listened to people's concerns" about the decision to limit