The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has explained the eligibility criteria for people who claim benefits and live abroad as expats, having quit the UK.

During the latest instalment of BBC Question Time, an audience member was quick to point out that 570 MPs are entitled to claim a £3,500 heating allowance each year - even as thousands of pensioners lose winter fuel payment

BBC Question Time returned to screens on Thursday night, with MPs and audience members alike engaging in a heated debate on the issue of winter fuel payments

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being urged to reverse the Winter Fuel Payment means-testing after MPs voted to scrap the £300 payouts for all but the poorest pensioners.

The DWP has confirmed that every person over State Pension age will receive a letter from the department which will explain the new eligibility rule changes to Winter Fuel Payment

The Chancellor is under pressure to rethink a £300 Winter Fuel Allowance axe.

Suggestions to stop the means-testing measures going ahead and instead base eligibility on the lowest council tax bands have been put forward

The DWP will plough ahead with the £300 Winter Fuel Payment axe despite fury over the decision from the Labour Party government.

The decision by Labour to cut the £300 cash help for the elderly to heat their homes has caused outrage