内容摘要：The biggest change would see all patients over 18 placed onto a central waiting list, called the Dental Access Portal (DAP).

The biggest change would see all patients over 18 placed onto a central waiting list, called the Dental Access Portal (DAP).

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he wanted tofor winter fuel in a U-turn on one of his government's first major policies, but failed to confirm on Wednesday how many would now get it.

The payment, worth up to £300 to help with energy bills during the coldest months, was paid only to those on pension credit last year, but the policy was widely blamed for Labour's poor local election results.It meant 10 million fewer pensioners received the money in 2024. There was particular concern among charities and some MPs about those whose income was slightly too high to qualify, but were hit by the loss of the payment as energy costs remained expensive.Sir Keir did not confirm during Prime Minister's Questions who would be eligible for the revised policy, having previously admitted in a recent BBC interview that clarity was needed as soon as possible.

"We will look, again, as I said two weeks ago, at the eligibility for winter fuel, and of course, we'll set out how we pay for it," when quizzed by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch on how many of the 10 million pensioners who lost the allowance would get it back.The questions came after Reeves said earlier that people "should be in no doubt that the means test will increase and more people will get winter fuel payment this winter".

Badenoch said the Chancellor was "rushing her plans because she just realised when winter is".

If the government waits until the Budget to announce the changes, it would be just before payments are typically made.The UK's National Crime Agency said in

about the retail hacks, that they are focusing investigations on the group.who declined to answer whether or not they were Scattered Spider. "We won't answer that question" is all they said.

Two of them said they wanted to be known as "Raymond Reddington" and "Dembe Zuma" after characters from US crime thriller The Blacklist which involves a wanted criminal helping police take down other criminals on a blacklist.In a message to me, they boasted: "We're putting UK retailers on the Blacklist."