UK Government ‘blinded’ by money worries when it cut fuel payment, court told

The winter fuel payment change was announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last July (Alamy/PA) -

The UK Government was “blinded” by financial imperatives when it cut the winter fuel payment without due consideration of the impact on vulnerable people, a court has heard.

The Court of Session in Edinburgh is hearing a legal challenge brought by Florence and Peter Fanning, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, against last year’s decision to remove the universal element of the payment.