Sir Keir Starmer announced the policy reversal amid a mounting backlash from Labour MPs – with a pledge to make more pensioners eligible for the winter fuel payment
Martin Lewis gives verdict on Starmer’s winter fuel U-turn and Labour’s benefits cuts
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