Pensioners with an annual income of £35,000 or less will have their winter fuel payments restored this winter, it has been announced, as the government laid out details of their u-turn following weeks of speculation.
The government says the move will see nine million people receive the payments, compared to the 1.5 million people who got winter fuel payments last winter after the cut.
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The government says the move will see nine million people receive the payments, compared to the 1.5 million people who got winter fuel payments last winter after the cut.
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00:00From this winter, 9 million pensioners will now receive winter fuel payments.
00:05It will be still means tested, but at a higher level.
00:09We've listened to people's concerns around the level of the mean test.
00:12And because of changes we've made and the stability we've brought back to the economy,
00:17we are able to increase that amount.
00:19And we will set out in the normal way, in the budget, how everything is funded.
00:23But no one should be in any doubt about my commitment to the fiscal rules
00:28to ensure that the sums always add up.