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.

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.

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

Sir Keir Starmer has addressed the concerns over the single person council tax discount after his ministers earlier declined to confirm whether the Government might withdraw the discount

The final date for making a backdated claim for pension credit, in order to receive the winter fuel payment, is 21 December. The Department for Work and Pensions says that pension credit is worth on average more than £3,900 a year in itself. The amount received depends on a variety of factors.

Plans to cut the Winter Fuel Payment will go ahead, after opposition MPs were overruled in a House of Commons vote today

The governments plan to restrict pensioners winter fuel payment to households getting pension credit has been easily if grudgingly passed by parliament. This was despite a strong case for delaying the move to

The culture secretary - Lisa Nandy - has told LBC that the government will make sure no pensioner will be cold this winter.