Nigel Farage has praised the government's decision to reverse the winter fuel payment cut. Pensioners with an annual income of £35,000 or less will have their winter fuel payments restored this winter, it has been announced, as the government laid out details of their u-turn following weeks of speculation. Speaking in a speech delivered on Monday, the Reform UK leader said it was a "considerable step in the right direction". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00At 10 o'clock this morning, the government said there'd be a statement from them at, well, you've guessed it, midday.
00:07Well done. You're keeping up in the front.
00:10And they have reversed their policy, and all but those that earn £35,000 a year or more will now get their winter fuel allowance.
00:20It means that £1.8 million won't.
00:23Quite how they administer that £35,000 figure, I'm not sure.
00:28I always thought it would be easier to say no winter fuel allowance if you pay, say, £40p tax or more.
00:35But it is a considerable step in the right direction.
00:39There'll be a lot of pensioners out there very, very pleased, including constituents of mine in Clacton, who served this country in World War II and felt they were being very badly treated.
00:50So, look, I think we can claim some credit for this express headline from last week.
00:56And well done, The Express, for splashing it.
01:00And I think we have made the political weather on this one.
