Pensioners in Wolverhampton will have to pay to have frozen dinners re-heated under a shake-up of meals on wheels in the city, it was announced today

Wolverhampton City Council wants to do away with preparing hot meals each day and keeping them warm, in a bid to save £390,000 next year.

But they insisted the changes would lead to an improved service and that assessments would be scrapped, meaning any pensioner who feels they need meals will be eligible.

They also want to offer the service to people in neighbouring boroughs so that it removes the need for a taxpayer-funded subsidy.

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