Roy William Roots, 90, is among the estimated 10 million pensioners who arefacing a cut to their £200 or £300 winter fuel payment, which will now only go to those who receive pension credit or other means-tested benefits. It comes as industry...
Watch the latest from ITV News - The government's own analysis has warned that 780,000 people, who are eligible for the now means-tested benefit, won't sign up to receive the payment.
Today is the last opportunity for Parliament to protect the poorest pensioners who are at risk this winter. My Fatal Motion in the House of Lords to cancel the Winter Fuel Payments Statutory Instrument will be debated later today. It is the speed and timing of this measure, with no notice,...
The Green party was “raging,” according to one insider. “The leaders had been out putting their necks on the line to get members to back the Bute House agreement, and this is how we get repaid,” they said. Despite the short-term threat to his leadership, SNP figures said Yousaf’s...
to float down from $2.30 to $2.08, a fall of 10%. In 1976 there was a sterling and payments crisis leading to a visit to borrow money from the IMF to stabilise the pound and the financial position. This crisis sealed the fate of the Labour government which lost power for a generation...