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

Policy ‘always shot down immediately’ by Tories but was part of prepared series of options presented to Rachel Reeves, insiders say

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

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

Whatever Rachel Reeves may achieve, she will always be known for this

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

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

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