‘We’ve listened to the people,” says Net Zero Secretary after Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on benefit cut

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'.

‘We’ve listened to the people,” says Net Zero Secretary after Rachel Reeves’s U-turn on benefit cut

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.