{"id":246025,"date":"2025-05-21T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pm-says-more-pensioners-to-be-eligible-for-winter-fuel-payments\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:04:46","slug":"pm-says-more-pensioners-to-be-eligible-for-winter-fuel-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pm-says-more-pensioners-to-be-eligible-for-winter-fuel-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"PM says more pensioners to be eligible for winter fuel payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CG16iuQ0fYc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"PM says more pensioners to be eligible for winter fuel payments\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CG16iuQ0fYc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Fresh from winning power last July, Labour got its bad news out quickly and cut winter fuel payments for more than nine million pensioners. <\/p>\n<p>Ten months on, after the cold shoulder from voters in the local elections and a growing backlash among his own MPs, Sir Keir Starmer has u-turned. 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