Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensioners

Change means about 7.5 million pensioners in England and Wales who lost out on payment will have it restored

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that more than three-quarters of older people will get the allowance - worth up to £300 - this winter.

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The Chancellor said all pensioners with incomes of less than £35,000 will get the payment this winter following a huge public backlash over last year's cuts.

The Energy Secretary repeated the Government's claim that cutting the handout - worth up to £300 a household - last winter was needed to 'stabilise the economy'.

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Energy secretary says chancellor did not make mistake in initial decision to remove benefit from most pensioners

The Prime Minister insisted it was 'the right decision' to originally axe the handouts, worth up to £300 a household, for around 10 million retirees last winter.

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