Officials in Bradford say they will work to ensure vulnerable older people get the support they need following changes to the way winter fuel payments are made. An estimated 64,000 pensioners in the district will lose out on the money after the government said the payments - worth up to £300 - would only go to those claiming pension credit and some other benefits.

Rachel Reeves cut the winter allowance for the majority of recipients after inheriting ‘a £22bn black hole’ in the public finances

Which? has issued a warning concerning a loft insulation scam that is targeting pensioners affected by the winter fuel payment cut

A new scam offering to replace the winter fuel allowance is targeting pensioners across Lancashire. Blackburn with Darwen Council has warned people of the scam text, which claims to come from the government when in fact criminals are trying to hack bank accounts.

A Lancashire council is looking at using its household support fund - to plug the gap left by government cuts to the winter fuel allowance. Ribble Valley Council leader Stephen Atkinson told a town hall meeting that the cuts would affect 15,

As residents across the county prepare for temperatures to go down and energy bills to go up, Hertfordshire County Council has called for ‘winter fuel payments’ to be reinstated.

Campaigners are delivering a box containing over 500,000 signatures to Downing Street today, protesting the Government's plans to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment. The hand-in, which 68-year-old Robert Trewhella from Cornwall participated in,