John Swinney’s announcement on winter fuel payments that no Scottish pensioner will be worse off than their English counterparts is good news.

Without any changes, we would have been in the perverse situation of older people on low incomes getting less than if they lived south of the border.

By effectively replicating the UK-wide approach, Swinney has delivered a better deal all round.

But we should be clear that the uncertainty around winter fuel payments is the fault of the UK Government.

It was Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to strip around ten million pensioners of their........

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