Tuesday evening news briefing: Reeves suggests pensioners can afford winter fuel payment cuts
Good evening. Josh here to take you through the day’s news.
Rachel Reeves has suggested that pensioners can afford the Government’s cut to winter fuel payments because of increases in the state pension and energy bills being lower than in previous years.
Elsewhere in today’s newsletter, we cover the murder of an 80-year-old dog walker, and the death of at least 12 migrants after their dinghy “ripped open” and sank in the Channel.
If you want to receive twice-daily briefings like this by email, sign up to the Front Page newsletter here.
Rachel Reeves suggests pensioners can afford winter fuel payment cuts
The Chancellor defended the decision to scrap winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners as part of Labour’s efforts to balance the books. The payments will no longer be universal and will now be means-tested instead, with only pensioners in receipt of pension credit eligible – discover how Labour could take away your state pension.