With her feet now firmly under the desk new chancellor Rachel Reeves has had a chance to take a look at the books and she says it’s not good news. And in her clearest attempt yet to prove how barassic she believes the country is, one of her first cost-cutting swipes has been aimed at the nation’s pensioners. From this autumn around 10 million older people will lose their winter fuel allowance – worth between £100 and £300. Instead, extra money to help with the cost of gas and electric will be limited instead to those only on pension credit or some other form of means tested benefit. The move, …
