Reports suggested Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans that would have meant only the very poorest OAPs would still be eligible
Ministers have rejected suggestions they were looking at cutting the winter fuel allowance from millions of pensioners. Reports suggested Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans to stop most claimants receiving the payment in his latest bid to save cash.
Winter fuel payments currently go to about 8.4million households, which is forecast to cost £2billion this year according to the Mirro r. Anyone born before September 25, 1957 can get between £250 and £600 to help pay for bills this winter. The exact amount depends on factors such as age and whether other people in a household also qualify.
Another source claimed that if ministers decide to "keep the triple lock but take away the winter fuel allowance from rich pensioners, I think people will understand that and think it's fair".
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