Anas Sarwar said Holyrood ministers should work with his party to help those most at risk this winter.
The SNP Government has been urged by Scottish Labour to reverse its decision to scrap the fuel insecurity fund.
Scottish Labour said reinstating it could see 200,000 low-income pensioner households receive an additional £200 during the colder months, amounting to a third of all pensioner households receiving support from the Government. The Scottish Government said it had no choice but to cut the benefit after it lost up to £160 million in funding from Westminster.
Charities have expressed fears that not enough pensioners are aware they are entitled to the benefit and could lose their winter fuel payment as a result. "Labour is providing funding to support those most at risk and we need to make sure this money gets to those who need it.
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