Keir Starmer has confirmed that he hopes more pensioners will qualify for winter fuel after opposing one of the Labour government’s most unpopular policies.

The Prime Minister said in the House of Commons that he would once again consider the £11,500 threshold as he tried to win public support and quell the growing labour rebellion with pensioners no longer eligible for the allowance.

But if announced in the fall budget, there are no 10 unconfirmable whether the winter fuel turnover announced in the winter will take effect—or how many of the approximately 10 million pensioners lost will recover.

While Downing Street ruled out changes to winter fuel payments, the policy could cause serious election damage amid the government's highest anxiety, the reversal emerged.

One of the first announcements by Prime Minister Rachel Reeves after the overwhelming election victory of Lainhe Reeves last year was that the decision to previously universal payments was one of the earliest and was widely blamed for the party's collapse in public support.

Party activists said in July last year it was decided to cut the £1.5 billion winter fuel payment tax rate, limiting them to £200 or £300 a year in pensioners in England and Wales, who have repeatedly appeared at the doorstep in this month's local elections.

Anxious Labor MPs have been putting pressure on Starmer to change his mind. No 10 officials fear the power of feeling could affect their broader plans for welfare reform, with formerly loyal backseat threatening to rebel in a tightening vote in June.

On the Prime Minister’s question on Wednesday, Starmer told MPs: “I recognize that as the economy improves, people will still feel the pressure on the cost of living crisis, including pensioners.

“We want to make sure people feel these improvements as they develop in their lives. That’s why we want to make sure that as we move forward, more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments.”

The government insists that the policy is necessary to help stabilize public finances, allowing improvements in economic conditions as Starmer said could lead to a partial reversal of the measure.

"The economy started to improve due to these decisions," he said, with growth figures and lower interest rates as well as the impact of recent trade arrangements with India, the United States and the European Union.

He added: “As the economy improves, we want to take measures that affect people’s lives, so we will look at thresholds, but that must be part of fiscal activity.”

Many ministers and labor MPs described the winter fuel decision as a policy disaster that caused huge adverse accidents among voters, prompting a re-examination of the policy.

But finding a mechanism to expand payment eligibility will cause a headache in Whitehall after deciding to link it to the pension credit threshold. Officials worry that simply increasing the pension credit threshold will increase the benefits to that benefit, thereby eliminating any potential savings.

Caroline Abrahams, charity director for the British era, welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment to changing winter fuel policies, but said: “The devil is always in the state of detail and we delay judgment until we hear more.”

Meanwhile, welfare and pension secretary Liz Kendall said the reform of the welfare cut bill caused deep uneasiness across the workforce and was a key tool in the fight against the UK.

Kendall told listeners on IPPR that controversial plans include tightening the eligibility of individual independent payment benefits, “is crucial to the rise of populist politics.”

"The truth is that welfare reforms are never easy and rarely popular, especially for the Labor government. However, no Labor government can resign because they are too difficult because it is not good enough for our people who are participating in politics."

Reflecting on the Labor Party’s struggle against reforming Britain, Kendall added: “How these reforms will help ensure that our welfare states provide sustainability for the future. And I think they are crucial to the rise of populist politics, which provides simple but empty solutions for those who are entering the political people.”

This comes after 100 Labour MPs, more than a quarter of the Labor Parliament signed a letter urging ministers to cut their considerations.

Nevertheless, Kendall said she is "studyingly" about the concerns raised by Labor MPs about the measures, despite saying she will not retreat from the proposal.