Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs that axing allowance for all but poorest pensioners will help plug £22bn hole in finances

Chancellor tells meeting of parliamentary Labour party there will be more difficult decisions to come

Charities fear Chancellor Rachel Reeves will slash £2bn from overseas aid at next month's Budget.

A row over winter fuel payments exposes issues with unclaimed benefits such as pension credit.

Government data shows most of those who do not claim their pension credit will miss out through means-testing

Average earnings including bonuses in three months to July – used to calculate the triple lock – grew by 4%

Pensioners in Copley, which has 53 days of snow a year on average, say plan to limit help will be a ‘big loss’

Figures reportedly seen by BBC show men born after 1951 and women after 1953 will get £12,000 in 2025 and 2026

Figures reportedly seen by BBC show men born after 1951 and women after 1953 will get £12,000 in 2025 and 2026

Furore over cuts to the pensioner benefit is all the more potent when the left, right and centre can all find reasons to oppose the policy