CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed reports of an upcoming government U-turn on winter fuel payments, urging ministers to learn lessons from their “scandalous decision.”

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is said to be poised to reverse the much criticised reforms, which stripped 10 million pensioners of the payment, as early as June.

He recently refused to rule out making more people eligible for the allowance after the decision to means-test the benefit became a key issue during last month’s local elections, which saw sweeping victories for Reform UK.