Downing Street rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy

First Minister and Labour leader in Wales Baroness Eluned Morgan delivers a keynote speech marking one year to the 2026 Senedd election at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has rejected calls for a U-turn over the decision to strip winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners after Labour suffered a backlash at the ballot box.

Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan said the decision to means-test the previously universal benefit was “something that comes up time and again” as she called for a “rethink”.