Should the means-testing plans proceed, most previous recipients will no longer be eligible for the £200-£300 yearly payment ...

THE vote to means test the winter fuel allowance is a timely reminder that there are no easy answers to profoundly difficult challenges.

Senedd members narrowly rejected Conservative calls to urge the UK government to reverse its decision to end universal winter fuel payments.

Last week, the Government pushed ahead with its plans to cut the Winter Fuel Payment and leave millions of pensioners worse off this winter.

When I talk to pensioners, almost without exception, we talk about the NHS – it’s the reason I came into politics.