Pensioner body calls on Reeves to reverse cut to winter fuel allowance

National Pensioners Convention tells chancellor decision means many older people ‘may not survive to see the spring’

Rachel Reeves has been urged to reverse her “ill-advised” decision to strip most pensioners of their winter fuel payments, or risk millions of people being forced to choose between turning on the heating or preparing a hot meal.

The chancellor has faced fury from backbenchers, who have questioned how many older people will die of cold as a result of denying about 10 million pensioners the payments.

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