5 h. ago Tricks to keep FULL £300 winter fuel allowance: JEFF PRESTRIDGE's guide to Labour's U

The volte-face is good news for 9 million pensioners who live in England and Wales who will now receive an annual payment worth up to £300.

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6 h. ago Missiles thrown at police in second night of Ballymena disorder

Riot police were deployed around the Clonavon Terrace area on Tuesday night as hundreds of people gathered in the Co Antrim town.

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8 h. ago Lanarkshire MSP calls on Holyrood to make sure OAPs aren't left behind on winter fuel payments

More than 75 per cent of pensioners in England and Wales will be entitled to the new annual payment of up to £300 after the Labour government abandoned one of its first, and most controversial, policies.

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9 h. ago Is the new Winter Fuel Payment £35,000 threshold for an individual or a household? STEVE WEBB replies

Is the new £35,000 threshold per pensioner or per household? Individually both myself and partner have less, but combined we are over it.

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9 h. ago UK Government ‘betraying Wales’ over rail funding, Plaid leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth called for the First Minister of Wales to condemn the UK government’s Welsh rail funding.

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9 h. ago Discount supermarket locking products in GPS tracked security boxes as shoplifting offences soar

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record

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10 h. ago How to watch England vs Senegal on TV tonight – channel and kick

Thomas Tuchel's England play host to Senegal at The City Ground in Nottingham tonight

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11 h. ago Ballymena violence after alleged sex attack was ‘racist thuggery’, police say

Fifteen police officers were injured in the disturbances in Ballymena on Monday night.

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12 h. ago SNP Government refuses to rule out making changes to winter fuel payment scheme

A spokesman for First Minister John Swinney said the implications of Labour’s winter fuel U-turn are as ‘clear as mud’.

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12 h. ago Am I eligible for winter fuel payments and how much can I get?

Around 9 million pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this winter

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15 h. ago Is new Winter Fuel Payment £35,000 threshold for an individual or a household? STEVE WEBB replies

Is the new £35,000 threshold per pensioner or per household? Individually both myself and partner have less, but combined we are over it.

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16 h. ago Martin Lewis issues fake Winter Fuel Payment claims warning to all pensioners

The consumer champion also urged 700,000 pensioners to check if they are entitled to £4,300 income boost.

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17 h. ago Martin Lewis issues urgent winter fuel payment warning after government U

Martin Lewis has issued an urgent winter fuel payment warning after the government announced a major U-turn.

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18 h. ago Ed Miliband says Reeves deserves credit for winter fuel payment U

Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensionersUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves deserves credit for her U-turn on winter fuel allowance, Ed Miliband has said while denying that it was wrong to make the initial cut.The Treasury announced on Monday that it would restore the allowance to all pensioners with an income of £35,000 or less a year, amid public outrage over the cut, which was the first act of the Labour government. Reeves had previously removed the benefit from all but the poorest pensioners – those on pension credit. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Exact date millions of pensioners will qualify for Winter Fuel Payment

In a huge U-turn, it was confirmed that pensioners will now receive the Winter Fuel Payment this year if they earn below £35,000 a year - we explain the full eligibility below

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24 h. ago Met Office details exact day half a month's rain to batter Britain in just three hours

The Met Office forecasts "intense rainfall" across parts of the UK, particularly south Wales and Southwest England, but temperatures are expected to rise during this period

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27 h. ago Thunderstorm warnings could be issued this week as ‘intense rainfall’ looms

The deluge is expected to hit on Wednesday evening.

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30 h. ago Martin Lewis lists five things DWP will check after £300 payment rule change

The finance expert has set out what exactly the DWP will be counting as income for the winter fuel payment

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30 h. ago Labour MPs call for benefit cuts to be scrapped after winter fuel payment U

Rachel Reeves has announced that around nine million more pensioners will receive the fuel payment this year

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31 h. ago UK teenager who killed herself was ‘highly affected’ by terrorism arrest, inquest finds

Rhianan Rudd died of ‘self-inflicted act’ after facing charges but coroner says failures in her case were ‘not systemic’A vulnerable teenage girl who died five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped was “highly affected” by her arrest but failures in her case were “not systemic”, a coroner has concluded.Rhianan Rudd died at a children’s home aged 16 in May 2022, as the result of a self-inflicted act, said the chief coroner of England and Wales, Alexia Durran.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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