Spokesperson for Keir Starmer says focus was instead on encouraging pensioners to seek additional support

The Prime Minister said he had not received a report setting out the impact of the decision to means-test the payments.

Rishi Sunak accuses Starmer of hiding assessment, while Downing Street will not say if one was carried out

SNP Westminster leader says his MPs will vote against the UK Government statutory instrument on Tuesday.

The UK Government has seen off attempts to stop it cutting the benefit to all but the poorest pensioners.

The UK Government has seen off attempts to stop it cutting the benefit to all but the poorest pensioners.

It shows how shocking Keir Starmer’s premiership already is when Rishi Sunak, however temporarily at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), looks like...

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.

During PMQs, Sir Keir Starmer says he had to take "tough decisions to stabilise the economy".