Martin Lewis calls for rethink of plan to limit winter fuel payments

Martin Lewis says the government’s plans would leave far too many pensioners without much-needed support over energy bills. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

The consumer champion Martin Lewis has called on the government to rethink plans to limit the winter fuel allowance, saying the criteria for pensioner support are “far too narrow”.

Lewis said that while he generally supported the idea of dropping universal payments, the government had gone too far by providing financial subsidies to only the “absolute poorest pensioners on the very lowest income”.