A U-turn on pensioner Winter Fuel Payments is a bit of light perhaps but no actual heat
A U-turn of sorts but scant comfort for most pensioners. Today’s announcement at PMQs that the Prime Minister now wants ‘to ensure that, as we go forward, more pensioners are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment’ gives no detail, no timescale and is just an aspiration that will depend on it being ‘affordable’. This still leaves millions of pensioners, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet and wondering whether they will get any help. I’m pleased if there…