The UK government has announced changes to winter fuel payments, allowing more pensioners to receive financial support during the cold season. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, emphasized that increased means testing will ensure broader eligibility, addressing previous concerns about the exclusion of many due to tight criteria. The current system required pensioners to claim pension credit to access these payments, which limited recipients significantly last year. While further details are pending until the autumn Budget, the Prime Minister and other officials stress the urgency of clarifying the new eligibility criteria to alleviate energy cost burdens among pensioners.
"It's not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires, and so we're not going to be continuing with that."
"People should be in no doubt that the means test will increase and more people will get winter fuel payment this winter."
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