The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been urged to establish a 'Pensioner Task Force' as Winter Fuel Payment rules change

Pensioners have held a protest against the government's decision to cut winter fuel payments outside an MP’s office in South Yorkshire. Demonstrators held signs outside the Dinnington office of Jake Richards, the Labour MP for Rother Valley, who supported the government in a parliamentary vote on the issue.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said 'the very wealthiest pensioners shouldn’t be in receipt of a free allowance' in an interview with the BBC

A Labour frontbencher has been accused of "pointing the finger" at wealthy pensioners amid the ongoing row over cutting winter fuel payments. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy appeared on BBC Breakfast today and was asked about the controversial decision to take the £300 cash boost away from about 10million state pensioners.

Since 1997, all British pensioners have been able to claim a tax-free payment to help with their heating costs. The winter fuel payment, introduced by the last Labour government, previously doled out as much as £300 a year to all retirees.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to protect public services from future austerity cuts as he made a bid to move on from fury over winter fuel payments cuts and an ongoing row over donations.

Fury at the cuts to winter fuel payments threatens to overshadow Sir Keir Starmer's first party conference as Prime Minister.The Labour leadership has been urged to "come to its senses" and prevent a "national emergency" as activists gather in Liverpool.

From next month until March, state pensioners will receive an "automatic" £150 payment as part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Warm Home Discount scheme. Pensioners with accounts at British Gas,