The controversial cuts to a scheme to help pay for the costs of heating pensioners' homes during the winter are set to be softened. Primer Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said in Parliament that he wants more older people to be eligible for the winter fuel payment.

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The surprise announcement came at the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session in Parliament, weeks after the government denied having plans to row back on cuts to the payment,

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