Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech during a visit to Mellor Bus in Rochdale, England, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Rachel Reeves has confirmed the government will increase the number of pensioners who are eligible for winter fuel payments in time for this winter.It’s the first time Labour has offered a rough time frame for when it will reinstate the lump sum payment to British pensioners.The government axed the allowance of up to £300 from 10 million elderly people in last year’s Budget, by turning the universal policy into a means-tested one.It was part of the government’s plan to fill the alleged £22bn black hole the Tories had supposedly left behind in the public f