Rachel Reeves stands by winter fuel allowance cut
214,000 more pensioners got fuel help last winter ahead of Reeves’s plan to cut payments
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the cash payments will now be means-tested. Only people in receipt of pension credit, a payment that offers extra support for those on a low-income, or who are eligible for other benefits will be given the winter fuel payments this winter.
Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – Labour conference live
Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel payments. Early evening summary 18:20 Rachel Reeves has defended her decisions to cut the winter fuel allowance and abandon infrastructure projects as she argued the decisions taken in the early weeks of the Labour government would pave the way to a more optimistic economic future.
Labour conference live: Starmer to tell UK there is ‘light at the end of this tunnel’ in keynote speech
Sir Keir Starmer will warn he is making tough decisions towards a “new Britain” and cannot offer “false hope” about the challenges ahead.He will address Labour delegates in Liverpool on Tuesday in his first party conference speech as prime minister.
Who is Rachel Reeves? Britain’s first female chancellor to give first Labour speech at conference
Rachel Reeves is set to use her first speech at a Labour conference to vow there will be "no return" to austerity under a Labour government. The chancellor is expected to declare that her first budget, due on October 30, will not be an austerity measure, and instead will “rebuild Britain” and deliver the change they promised the electorate.
Rachel Reeves sets apart Labour’s fiscal approach from the Tories’ and signals more borrowing
Good morning from Liverpool. Rachel Reeves delivered her speech yesterday, grinning like someone who had been shown internal ...
Reeves cannot drag Britain back to the dysfunction of the 1970s
The nurses decided to undermine the Chancellor’s speech to Conference by putting out their rejection of the Government’s 5.5 ...
Reeves is desperately trying to pull the fuse out of her own petard
The received wisdom seems to have coalesced around a belief that Rishi Sunak suffered from a premature election. Had he been ...
Rachel Reeves to 'rewrite fiscal rules' to borrow another £30bn despite 80-year debt high
Rachel Reeves could be gearing up for a £30 billion borrowing bonanza by overhauling fiscal rules. The Chancellor gave a ...
I won't accept clothing gifts as Chancellor - Reeves
Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and the Chancellor will not accept any further donations for clothing after a row over gifts.
Reeves Signals UK Investment Move With Pledge for Ambition
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves hinted at plans that could unlock billions of pounds of investment in the climate ...
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Who was the real audience for Rachel Reeves’s speech?
Rachel Reeves had to deal with unexpected turbulence in her party conference speech, after anti-Israel protesters interrupted ...
Everything we know so far about free breakfast club rollout confirmed by Rachel Reeves
A breakfast club is a place where pupils can eat a healthy breakfast, with each session taking place before school starts - here's what you need to know about the national rollout ...
Reeves Disrupted by Pro-Palestine Protest in Key Labour Speech
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves was interrupted by pro-Palestine protesters during her keynote speech on the UK ...
What is austerity – and why is Rachel Reeves accused of bringing it back?
Labour has ruled out a “return” to the austerity seen in the 2010s, and still felt long after. However, critics inside the ...