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Welsh Labour minister finally admits that Winter Fuel change risks pensioner poverty hike

A Labour politician has admitted the Winter Fuel Allowance cuts risk forcing older people into fuel poverty for the first time.

By CHRISTIAN CALGIE, Senior Political Correspondent

20:04, Wed, Aug 21, 2024.

Welsh Labour minister Jane Hutt admitted the Winter Fuel changes could hurt pensioners (Image: Labour / Getty)

A Labour minister in the Welsh government finally admitted today for the first time that her party’s decision to scrap universal Winter Fuel Payments risks plunging pensions into fuel poverty.

In an answer to the Welsh Conservatives, Jane Hutt - the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, confessed that Rachel Reeves’ choice does risk hurting vulnerable older people.

She wrote: “The decision that the winter fuel payment will no longer be universal risks pushing some pensioners into fuel poverty.” Express.