The new Labour Government's decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment could be scrapped thanks to £10billion windfall awarded to Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Labour MPs are urging Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to halt their decision to link the energy bill benefit,

The money is just for the holiday kitty,” says Jon Harvey of the £300 he was given every winter to help with heating bills. “I could also use it to go out for a nice meal.” The 80-year-old, like all pensioners in England and Wales,

Some 83% of those aged 80 or over will also miss out on the benefit this winter, according to Government estimates.