Winter Fuel Payments: Labour changes explainer and other pension support available [Video]

Winter Fuel Payments will be stopped for millions of pensioners this year as Rachel Reeves announced her plans to plug the government’s £20bn “black hole” in public finances.

Speaking in Commons on Monday, the chancellor revealed several cost-cutting measures, including a surprise scaling down of the one-off payment designed to help pensioners stay warm in the colder months.

Ms Reeves said: “I am making the difficult decision that those not in receipt of Pension Credit will no longer receive the Winter Fuel Payment from this year onwards.

“Let me be clear: this is not a decision I wanted to make,” she added, “nor is it one that I expected to make.

“But it is a necessary and urgent decision I must make – It is the responsible thing to do to fix …