I'm proud to have played my part in the Express fight

LABOUR are in a state of blind panic. It was always clear that removing the winter fuel allowance was a cruel and vindictive policy.

- NIGEL FARAGE

Last week I wrote in these pages that Chancellor Rachel Reeves had a chance to set the record straight, make up for her mistake and fully reinstate the benefit.

While she has not gone all the way, this embarrassing U-turn from the Government is a major victory for the Daily Express and all of us who stood up for pensioners.