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

Some Labour MPs are uneasy over the move to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

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

The government wants to act tough over the public finances. But ministers look mean, unjust and politically inept

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

The Prime Minister faces the threat of unrest within Labour ranks as MPs vote on whether to restrict winter fuel payments to all but the poorest...

The Prime Minister faces the threat of unrest within Labour ranks as MPs vote on whether to restrict winter fuel payments to all but the poorest...

Likely 4% pension rise next year could help defuse row facing chancellor over winter fuel payment

The Prime Minister survived a Tory attempt to reverse his decision to end the benefit to all but the poorest pensioners.

The Prime Minister survived a Tory attempt to reverse his decision to end the benefit to all but the poorest pensioners.