UK politics: No 10 won’t say if fuel payments U-turn will be implemented in time for this winter – as it happened

People demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament against the government's cut to the winter fuel payments in London last year. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

6.01pm BST

Early evening summary

• Keir Starmer has confirmed that he wants more pensioners to be eligible for winter fuel payments after a backlash against one of the most unpopular policies of the Labour government.

• Angela Rayner urged Rachel Reeves to consider a series of wealth tax rises, it has been revealed, in a move that underscores growing unease within the government over the chancellor’s tight spending plans.

• Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, has backed away from the party’s 2024 manifesto pledge to deliver tax cuts worth £90bn. In an interview with the Telegraph, he said that he now regarded these proposals as a “direction of travel”, rather than firm commitments. He said:

These are the tax cuts I want to get to. But we can’t implement them until I’ve proven that I can produce the savings …

We’re not going to impose all of the cuts and do a Kwarteng without delivering on the savings.

• Reform UK’s pledge to remove all low-traffic neighbourhoods from the council areas it controls looks to be achieved in record time after the 10 local authorities said they do not actually have any in place.

• A growing number of adopted children are at risk of returning to the care system as funding cuts and lack of support pushes England’s families into crisis, charities have warned.

• Rupert Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, made an antisemitic comment during a meeting in parliament earlier this year, the Guardian can reveal.

For a full list of all the stories covered here today, scroll through the key events timeline at the top of the blog.

Updated at 6.03pm BST

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Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan says she's 'delighted' by Starmer's winter fuel payments U-turn

Eluned Morgan, the Labour Welsh first minister, has said she is “delighted” that Keir Starmer listened to the concerns expressed by her and others about the winter fuel payments cut. She posted this on social media.

I’m delighted the Prime Minister has listened to the concerns I expressed to him and will rethink the eligibility for winter fuel payments.

This is in keeping with our values in Wales.