Get clear answers about the UK Winter Fuel Payment. Find fact checks mostly about who gets winter fuel payments, and how winter fuel payments help pensioners.
Economy, Business & Finance
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the state pension ‘will increase by more than any loss of the Winter Fuel Payment’. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Rishi Sunak claimed Labour has ‘scrapped’ cost of living support for pensioners, and the Winter Fuel Payment. We've had a look at what’s happened to various pensioner cost of living support measures. Read
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