Winter fuel payments to be reinstated this year, Rachel Reeves confirms

Winter fuel payments to be reinstated this year, Rachel Reeves confirms

Threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for payment will rise before winter, chancellor says

Rachel Reeves has confirmed that winter fuel payments will be reinstated in time for this winter after weeks of uncertainty over the government’s decision to U-turn on scrapping the benefit.

The chancellor said that 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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