#winter-fuel-payments

#winter-fuel-payments

Another stealthy freeze in the tax system is the £35,000 cut-off for entitlement to Winter Fuel Payments. This was not increased in the Budget and it seems highly like that it will remain frozen for the foreseeable future. This means that pensioners currently on incomes under £35,000 could lose their Winter Fuel Payments if inflation increases to their pensions gradually take them over the cut-off.

We're not going to apologise for the actions we took to stabilise the economy. That's what happened last year. The chancellor came into office, saw a massive black hole in the nation's finances.

We have listened to the concerns that people had about the level of the means test, and so we will be making changes to that; they will be in place so that pensioners are paid this coming winter.

Sir Keir Starmer announced the government's U-turn on the cuts to winter fuel payments, ensuring more pensioners will be eligible for financial support.